Ohaneze Ndigbo to S’East govs: Tackle security challenges or quit

Posted by admin Governors, South-East Monday, May 14th, 2012

The Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has warned governors in
the South-east to tackle the spiraling security challenges in the region or
vacate their positions.

The groups made the statement over the weekend at
the wake keep organised in honour of its late patron, Chief John Nwezi at his
residence in Lagos. Nzewi who was a former member of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), was allegedly kidnapped in Ihiala, Anambra State, during the
senatorial re-run election in Anambra South. His captors allegedly collected a
whopping N30 million ransom from his family but still killed
him.

Speaking to Daily Sun, the spokesman of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Diaspora,
Sonny Louis Okafor, said the security situation in Igboland at the moment had
become a matter of concern that needed to be speedily addressed. He said it
behoved on the governors of the region to arise from their slumber and tackle it
head on. Failure to do this, he said they should quit their positions and allow
genuine people who would address the problem to step into their
shoes.

“The security situation in the whole of South-east now is
alarming,” he said. “Ndigbo in Diaspora now hardly can travel to their homelands
without fear of being kidnapped. Our brothers and sisters living outside in
Europe, America and other parts of the country and elsewhere around the world
now can’t go home either to embark on meaningful development projects or enjoy
their homeland. Worse still, some of us are giving our daughters out in marriage
in foreign land. This is an abomination. This is never heard of.

“Regrettably, our governors are keeping silent over this extremely
dangerous trend as though they are enjoying the unfolding scenario. Look at the
way and manner Chief John Nzewi was abducted and killed after his abductors
collected N30 million ransom from his family. This is a sad story. If our
governors know that they cannot tackle this growing tumour, let them resign
honourably and allow others come in and face the challenge. Every month, our
governors cart away huge sums of money as security vote yet crime and
criminality are spiraling every passing hour. We can’t continue like this. This
trend needs to be tackled with all the seriousness it deserves before it kills
genuine development initiatives in Igboland.”

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