However, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, is pointing accusing fingers at politicians over the resurgence of the activities of unkno...
However, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, is pointing
accusing fingers at politicians over the resurgence of the activities of
unknown gunmen and the festering insecurity in the South East zone.
According to the CAN
Chairman, Abia State, Apostle Emmanuel Agomuo, politicians who recruit hoodlums
for some dirty jobs during electioneering period, and fail to empower them
afterwards, should be held responsible for the worsening insecurity in the
region.
He said contrary to allegations by security agencies that
members of IPOB, are behind the sad
development, hoodlums recruited by politicians might be the real masks behind
the veil. The cleric said hoodlums had since hijacked the situation in the
South-East to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens.
He blamed greedy politicians who arm and engage the services
of hoodlums during electioneering periods but fail to meaningfully empower them
afterwards; hence most of them resort to criminality. According to him, the
hoodlums when they have no legitimate means of livelihood, resort to
criminality and terrorism using the arms given to them by wicked politicians.
“I don’t think IPOB is behind this barbarity. These are the
bad boys politicians use for election. After using them, they fail to empower
them and that is why they go back into criminality. Politicians who recruit
these hoodlums are to be held responsible for the mess in the South-East.”
The CAN boss urged security agencies not to be narrow-minded
in their efforts to unravel the real sources of the monster but to be open to
all possibilities.
An activist, Comrade Kindness Jonah condemned the resurgent
and continuous killing in South-East zone, urging government at the center to
adequately punish those captured in operation to serve as deterrent to others.
He blamed security agencies for not unmasking unknown gunmen captured during
operation for the public to know their identity
Comrade Jonah suggested that government should establish
security operational bases in all the village squares in the South-East to
enhance the fight against the insurgency. He alleged that unknown gunmen are
those hired by Nigerian government to cause trouble in the South-East.
It is a fact that “Igbo fear killing and shedding of blood
so one can ask: how can an Igbo man that dreads bloodshed, open fire and kill
anybody on sight in the market square? How can? So, to stop the evil activities
of gunmen in the South-East, the onus is on government at the center to
adequately punish those insurgents captured in operation as a deterrent.
“Also, commensurate legal sentencing should be meted to
defaulters. Unknown gunmen captured in operation, should be unmasked for the
public to see. Vigilantes as security operatives should work in tandem with the
police and military operatives to fish out these dissidents,” Jonah said.
A former Commissioner of Transport in Abia State, Ekele
Nwaohanmuo, in his contribution, said that the South-East governors have failed
in their responsibility to protect lives and property and must think out of the
box to end the incessant violence in the zone.
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