Ebubeagu will be backed by relevant laws - Gov Ikpeazu
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Abia state Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has said the new security outfit, EbubeAgu, will be backed by law to give it legal teeth in its operations.
Governor Ikpeazu, who spoke in an interview on Arise Television yesterday, said some state Houses of Assembly in the South-East had already done the needful with regards to giving the new security outfit the required legal backing, adding that those that had not done so are in the process of doing same.
“This is the right time to do the needful to protect our people. We won’t allow non-state actors to continue to terrorise the people. The security of the people is the priority of South-East governors. Therefore, no effort will be spared to protect them, and also to make the South-East safe for investment,” the governor said.
Governor Ikpeazu, who refused to be drawn into how much his government is investing in the security project, said it is a security matter that shouldn’t be for public consumption.
On the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, he noted that there is no denying the fact that there is much injustice in the country, which the group is reacting to but disagreed with the method it had adopted to respond to it.
He urged the Federal Government to urgently address the injustices driving IPOB’s secessionist’s agitation.
“I do not subscribe to the strategy of IPOB because I’m yet to see the tunnel from where I am standing,” the governor said.
It will also be recalled that the South-East governors were accused of embarking on a mere talk shop at the meeting to announce the formation of the outfit, saying the new outfit had no legal backing.
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