Ohanaeze, South-East govs lead other stakeholders to Tinubu over insecurity

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The umbrella Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Osogbo, is leading Igbo political leaders and other stakeholders in South East to meet with President Bola Tinubu towards resolving the security challenges in the region.

The Ohanaeze took this resolutions in a meeting with the leadership of state governors from the region and members of the National Assembly held at Imo State Governors Lodge in Abuja on Monday.

The meeting, which has two state Governors in attendance, including Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Francis Nwuifuru, lasted about four hours.

The meeting was presided over by President General Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

Uzodinma, who spoke to journalists after the meeting, said the delegation would discuss with President Tinubu to intervene in stemming the wave of insecurity in the zone.

He stated that insecurity remained the greatest challenge facing the region.

According to the governor, “We have identified insecurity as the problem of South East for now and it is at the front burner and must be addressed.

“The federal government in the past has supported us but we think that the federal government can do more.

“We resolved to make a representation to the president for his intervention to be able to bring insecurity in the region to an end.

“Any moment from now, we will be putting together an arrangement to visit the president and discuss with him.

“There are certain things we cannot do very well without the federal government. Security is in the Exclusive List and only the federal government can deploy as appropriate.”

Chief Iwuanyanwu said the five governors of the Southeast are working together with lawmakers from the zone to find lasting solutions to challenges facing the people.