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Gov Umahi reveals when South east security outfit will be set up
The governors of South-East have said they would in April set up a local security outfit in the region.
The South-East Governors Forum chairman and Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, who disclosed this at the weekend, said people of the region would be proud of their governors by the time the security outfit got rolled out.
Umahi spoke during the convocation of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki.
He said, “A General is also heading our security outfit; if you like, call it Amotekun but we are coming up with something that is very wonderful and adaptable to our zone. When we roll out in the month of April, our people will be very proud of us as their governors.”
Earlier at the event, a former governor of the old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has called on the governors to hasten up and set a regional security outfit in the region with the model of Amotekun in the South- West.
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He said, “I charge all the South-East governors to take the issue of security seriously. Today, as I was coming here, I saw empty land unused; people can no longer go to their farms because of fear and it is your first task as governors to ensure that your people are protected; that people will be free and can go to their farms.
“I don’t care how you will do it but you must do that because that is the most important thing.”
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