Some traditional
rulers in the south-east walked out of a meeting Mohammed Adamu,
inspector-general of police (IGP), held with governors of the south-east in
Enugu on Wednesday.
The governors who
attended the meeting are Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Willie
Obiano (Anambra) and the host, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu.
Hope Uzodinma,
governor of Imo state, was represented by Placid Njoku, his deputy.
Also in attendance
was Abdulrahaman Ahmad, commissioner of police, in Enugu.
The IGP is in the
state for the south-east security summit.
The monarchs and
Okezie Nwodo, John Nwodo, president-general of Ohaneze Ndigbo, staged a walkout
after the government officials went into a private meeting with the IGP.
The aggrieved
individuals said it was unfair for the governors and the IGP to have kept them
waiting without any information.
Prior to the walkout,
Emmanuel Chukwuma, archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical province and bishop of
Enugu diocese of Anglican Communion, had addressed the audience.
Chukwuma, in his
speech, said it was unfair for the governors of the zone to treat them with
contempt, adding that such would not happen elsewhere.
Among the issues the
governors are expected to discuss with the IGP is the security outfit in the
region.
Last month, Umahi,
who is chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, announced that the region
has formed its regional security outfit.
Speaking while
hosting Lasisi Adegboye, general officer commanding 82 division of the Nigerian
army, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital, the governor said the forum has written to
the federal government on the outfit.
“Every region has
their own peculiarities and we have formed our own joint security task force
and we have written to the federal government and we are putting things
together because we had a joint meeting with all the service chiefs and the
then GOC,” Umahi had said.
“No one will say
that he will not be part of joint security because when people are kidnapped
for example in Anambra State, they could be found in Ebonyi.
“So, we need that
synergy to work together to give protection to everybody and here in Ebonyi, we
are among the first in the federation to start our law on internal security and
that is the Neighbourhood Watch and they have fantastically done very well.”
The south-east
governors established the outfit after their south-west counterparts floated
Amotekun, also a regional security outfit.
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