Insecurity: Igwe Onyido calls for establishment of State Police
By Uzo Ugwunze
The traditional ruler of Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra state, Igwe Alex Onyido has bemoaned the level of insecurity in Igboland and called for establishment of a legalized State Police.
Speaking to newsmen in Ogidi, Igwe Onyido lamented that the situation is becoming to inexplicable that sons and daughters of Ndigbo are now very much afraid to return home, not to talk of bring their investments home.
The monarch tasked Governor Charles Soludo with his South East counterparts to look into curbing insecurity no matter the funds involved if he wants to fulfill his election campaign promises.
“I want the governor to look at ending insecurity at all cost. Without security one cannot achieve anything.
“I prefer if Soludo will devote the whole money he has for one month or even suspend payment of salaries of civil servants for two months to solve the issue of security in Anambra State.
“Anything he can do to stop the incessant killing and kidnapping will be a plus. It is excruciating and nobody is happy.Soludo should work with other Governors because security is a collective matter.
“Ebubeagu will not solve it, only establishing a legalized State Police that is well funded and state controlled will ameliorate the situation. That is obtainable in civilized country practicing federalism,” said Igwe Onyido.
Moreover, President of Umuogali Oba, Dr. Enyi Kingsley Obasoanya has described cultism and hard drugs Abuse as the bane of Crime, criminality and insecurity.
According to Obasoanya, “to eradicate crime and fight insecurity start from eradicating cultism. Some people think that smoking hemp or cannabis make them bigger boys”.
“People know who these cultists are, apart from the crimes committed within the government caucus. If you put cultism under control crimes will reduce,” said Dr. Obasoanya.
