Southeast Governors Ready To Unveil Regional Security Outfit, Ebonyi Gov. Gives Details

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The Chairman South East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, has disclosed that the governors and stakeholders of the zone had concluded arrangements to commence the regional security outfit in the South East Zone.

Umahi gave this assurance this while addressing the General Officer commanding 82 Army Division Enugu, GOC, Lasisi Adegboye, in a familiarization courtesy visit at the government house Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State.

He reiterated his administration’s readiness in collaboration with other governors to provide the Southeast region dwellers with uninterrupted security.

Governor Umahi pointed out that one of the things posing a challenge to the people of Ebonyi state was her exiting dispute with the people of Cross River, but, however, he expressed gratitude to God for the initiatives of the youths.

The proactive Governor of Ebonyi outlined the need for his Deputy and the Speaker of the State Assembly to arrange for a courtesy visit of joint youth committee on Cross River and Ebonyi people at the office of the  GOC.

Hear him: “Probably, who knows if you are the one that will make both state to sign lasting agreement for lasting peace. Here in Ebonyi, I thank the police, the army, the SSS. It has been a union of brotherhood and working together with our Neighbourhood Watch”.

“Every region has their own peculiarities and we had formed our own joint security taskforce and we have written to federal government and we are putting things together because we had a joint meeting with all the service chiefs and the then GOC. So, we discussed and agreed on what we need to do to continue to give safety to our people in South East”.

“No one will say that he will not be part of joint security because when people are kidnapped for example in Anambra State, they could be found in Ebonyi. So, we need that synergy to work together to give protection to everybody and here in Ebonyi, we are among the first in the federation to start our law on internal security and that is the Neighbouhood Watch and they have fantastically done very well.

“I am happy that the police, the army, the SSS, they are not ashamed to proclaim that our Neighbouhood Security Watch have done very well. And so, we can say that we are the safest state in the country and there is no joke about that,” he stated.

Speaking earlier, the GOC, Adegboye pledged to provide adequate security to the citizens of the south east, assuring that “there will be no more records of kidnapping and armed robbery cases in the zone”.

“We are ready to work round the clock to ensure adequate peace and security in the south east zone,” he added.