The Executive Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi has called on security operatives to defend themselves against attackers.<\/p>\n
This was stated on Friday by the Ebonyi state governor while receiving Joseph Egbunike, a deputy inspector-general of police (DIG) in charge of the south-east region.<\/p>\n
A number of police officers and their facilities have been attacked within the past weeks.<\/p>\n
While lamenting the current security challenges, the governor said it is wrong for an operative to be holding a gun and allow such attackers go free.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is wrong for you to be holding a gun and someone will attack, kill and snatch your gun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou do not need anyone\u2019s permission to defend yourselves. I state clearly that if a youth has the courage to attack a security agent with gun, such security agent should shoot to defend himself if he can.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have made this point severally and will never regret doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said security personnel are human beings like others in the society and also peoples\u2019 fathers and mothers.<\/p>\n
He also complained about shortage of police operatives in the state and urged the DIG to post more officers to Ebonyi for adequate security.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should not allow your personnel posted to the state to leave, because we need them and will do everything possible to accommodate them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On his part, Egbunike thanked the governor for his efforts, adding that he was in the state to oversee the activities of the police\u2019s \u2018Operation Restore Peace\u2019 security initiative.<\/p>\n
\u201cDialogue and diplomacy solve all issues of marginalisation, injustice, inequality, among others, and this is exemplified with the prevailing peace in Europe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While urging the people to cooperate with the police to address the prevailing security situation, he said the challenging days in the country will soon be over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Executive Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi has called on security operatives to defend themselves against attackers. This was stated on Friday by the Ebonyi state governor while receiving Joseph Egbunike, a deputy inspector-general of police (DIG) in charge of the south-east region. A number of police officers and their facilities have been attacked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":11153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[722,4347,717,1009],"class_list":["post-39466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-attackers","tag-david-umahi","tag-ebonyi-state","tag-security-operatives"],"yoast_head":"\n