Count our state out of your sit-at-home madness

Count our state out of your sit-at-home madness: vow to join expose,

join force with security agencies to deal with promoters

…as civil society group commends Gov Mbah over new security architecture

Residents across Enugu State have issued stern warning to the

leader of the autopilot criminal gang seeking to destabilize the

South-east zone, Simon Ekpa, and his sponsors, to steer clear and

count the state out of their sit-at-home madness, insisting Enugu people

would do everything possible to liaise with the security agencies to expose

and deal ruthlessly with promoters of sit-at-home in the state.

Count our state out of your sit-at-home madness: civil society

This was even as a popular civil society group, Security and

Accountability Watch (SAW) commended the state governor,

Dr. Peter Mbah, over new security architecture in the state such as

the “ongoing security camera installation, procurement of new

high-powered security vehicles, and modern tracking system”,

saying it would further guarantee safety in the state.

In an interview session conducted over the weekend across the 17

local government areas of the state by a group of journalists based

in the state, majority of the residents expressed anger at Ekpa’s deliberate

attempt to bring the region on its knees.

They warned that they would no longer fold their arms and watch some

criminals acting under the guise of Biafra agitation take them for a ride,

threatening to fish out those promoting the illegal declaration.

Count our state out of your sit-at-home madness:the illegal sit at home

Residents of Abakpa Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area of the

state said they had already disregarded the illegal declaration of sit-at-home

issued by the Finland-based fugitive having been assured by the governor

and members of the security operatives.

“We are not part of the sit-at-home and we will not take part in it. Sit-at-home

is a self-inflicted madness that could only be declared and obeyed by psychopaths,” Mr Eze Kennedy, a resident of Abakpa, told newsmen.

While dismissing the declaration made by Ekpa, an Nsukka trader, Nelson Agbo,

said they held the Nsukka traders’ meeting with security agencies who

assured them to go about their normal businesses; that the governor had

already directed that maximum security be provided.

the security

He said: “You know, since the governor cancelled sit-at-home in the state,

security has improved very well. We are now able to go out and carry on

our trade on Monday and every other day. So, we are no longer interested

in Ekpa’s madness. We are even working with security personnel to identify

and hand over those criminals to the law enforcement agencies for prosecution.

In Agbani road, Independence Layout, Coal Camp, New Haven, GRA, Trans Ekulu, Uwani, the stories remain the same as people living there threatened to deal with

anyone or group promoting sit-at-home in the area.

Ekpa Simon

“These hoodlums called Ekpa and his sponsors cannot be going to work

every day in Finland, Europe, Turkey, America and other parts of the world,

and be telling us living in the South-East when to go out and when to sit-at-home.

“We have resolved amongst ourselves to fish out those miscreants and teach them some lessons that they would not forget all through their lives,” Mr. Charles Okike, a chemist at Amobia Street, Uwani, fumed.

Addressing journalist at Gariki on Sunday, Mr. Ogbuene Udoka, who

depends on daily income to earn a living through cart pushing, said

anyone still talking about sit-at-home should have his brain examined

as Enugu people had already consigned that to their ugly past.

sit at home

“It is funny whenever that criminal called Ekpa talks about sit-at-home in the East.

We have suffered that menace as a collective ignorance in the past.

We almost died of hunger sitting at home, and he and his criminal

gang have never provided alternative. We are waiting for them because

we are ready to resist them with our last breath,” Ogbuene added.

While commending Mbah for the ongoing security reform and the new

security installation in the state, the Director of SAW, Engineer Nduka Mpu,

said the government had shown sustained commitment in its responsibility by flushing out threats in the state.

the economic

Nduka said this on Monday while monitoring the level of economic

activities in state, noting that “We are satisfied with the level of movements and other human activities so far.

“From our assessment, the economic activities show that our people in

the state defied Ekpa and his herds of criminal bedfellows.

“Even with the security presence at almost every corner of the state, you

will be motivated to come out. What we are seeing today has reinforced our confidence in the state government,” he said.