Enugu monarchs seek govt partnership to tackle insecurity
The traditional rulers across Enugu State have urged Governor Peter Mbah to make them the chief security officers of their various communities and hold them responsible for security breach in their domains.
The monarchs made this disclosure when they converged on Wednesday, at the House of Chief chamber, Enugu State House of Assembly Complex, urging the governor to leave no stone unturned in flushing out kidnappers and enforcers of sit-at-home order, stressing that such aberrations were not known to the Igbo people.
The traditional rulers called on Mbah to deploy joint security operatives across different communities in the state to strengthen the confidence of their subjects so that they could go about their normal businesses.
While bemoaning the illegal Monday sit-at-home order being enforced by some criminal elements to intimidate innocent residents, the royal father’s told the governor that they had resolved to support possible arrangements that his government deemed proper to secure the state in order to attract investors and industrialists.
Some of the traditional rulers who spoke on behalf of their senatorial districts included Igwe Simon Osisi Itodo, Igwe RSN Eze, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu, Igwe Godwin Madu, Igwe Julius Nnaji, Igwe Greg Ugwu, among others.
Commending Mbah that kidnapping incidents and other security breaches in the state, particularly along the Nike-Ugwogo-Nsukka road had been flushed out as a result of the timely security response by the governor, they urged him to maintain the tempo.
“Enugu State and all the traditional rulers in the state are behind any decision you are taking to secure the state against enforcers of illegal sit-at-home order and other hoodlums. We are glad you are walking the talk, and security in the state has significantly improved.
“At Ugwogo Nike, we now feel safe with your security measures unlike what we used to have in the past. Your security architecture is clearing all the hurdles. We want you to reinforce community policing like the Neighbourhood Watch.
“We are equally appealing to the Governor to ensure that there is presence of security personnel in every street and community especially on their purported sit-at-home days. This will build the confidence of our people to come out and go about their normal transactions,” the royal fathers said.
The monarchs also charged Governor Mbah to sanction erring public servants and other business owners who refuse to go to work or open their businesses for transactions.
“Let there be consequences for those who refuse to work on Mondays and other days.
Assuring their readiness to take charge of their communities as chief security officers, the traditional rulers said, “You should also consider making us the chief security officers of our various communities and see us act. Hold us responsible for security breaches in our domains,” they added.
