- Ugochinyere said some governors benefiting from the unrest and insecurity in South East
- He stated that South East leaders need to find a common ground to end unrest
- He implored president Tinubu to use federal might to tackle insecurity
The House of Representatives member for the Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, has said that some South-East governors are responsible for perennial killings and wanton destruction that plague the region.
The south east zone has been grappling with deepening security crisis for years on end amid agitation for a Biafra state by IPOB.
The security crisis reached a disturbing height after the imposition of sit-at-home by a splinter group of the secessionist movement, IPOB, after the arrest and incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu in 2021.
Many have been killed and others displaced as some persons believed to be hiding under the pretext of agitating for secession unleash terror on the people of the region.
However, speaking on the perennial and worsening insecurity in the beleaguered region, Ugochinyere stated that governors in the zone are indifferent to the pitiable situation of things because they are benefiting from it.
He made the damning revelation during a chat with ARISE TV regarding the incessant security challenges in the region.
He said, “There’s so much power that the president has in the constitution that he could use to bring this matter to a close within the shortest possible time. But the South-East leaders need to sit down to find a common ground over this issue of insecurity.
“The most important thing is that we want peace in the South-East because everywhere is devastated. Erosion is killing us. Infrastructure has collapsed. And then we cannot even sleep because our houses are being burnt and our people are being killed. This is not good.
“Any leader that wants the progress and unity of Nigeria definitely will open his doors to allow stakeholders to come in to allow stakeholders to find a lasting solution. And I’ve this belief that the present administration going by what they say that they’ll run an inclusive administration and that they’ll ensure that there’s unity across all parts of this country, will consider the release of Nnamdi Kanu as a critical step towards that part of finding that lasting solution.
“On my individual capacity on this live TV, I can tell you that some of the governors in the Southeast are enjoying this crisis. Because they’re benefiting from this atmosphere of insecurity.
“And some of them, let me say boldly without mincing any words, some governors recruited vigilante groups from neighboring states into their states security architecture and then what you see is that the same security vigilante they recruited turned out to be unknown gunmen.”
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