Insecurity worries Southeast residents  Businesses, churches, schools shutting down   “Govt should rise up”, Retired police officer urges

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Businesses, churches, schools shutting down

 “Govt should rise up”, Retired police officer urges

   By Sampson Uhuegbu

People living in Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, and Imo States have been thrown into worries following security challenges that have befallen the areas.

    Even governors of the Southeast States had earlier organized security meetings on how the challenge could be tackled but has continued to be on the rise.

   In Anambra, for instance, all parts of the State can be said to have been taken over by bandits. Kidnappers, ritualists, armed robbers, killers, assassins and others, had, of recent, sent many innocent residents to untimely graves.

   Recall, that similar problem had befallen some communities in Abia where four military officers were gruesomely murdered by the unknown bandits.

   In Imo, people of Orsu and  Okigwe Local Government Areas, particularly, have been apprehensive over kidnapping and killings of people of the area.

    According to an indigene of Orsu-Ihitteukwa community, in Orsu LGA, who pleaded not to be mentioned on print, for security reasons, told Daily Nigerian Telegraph, in confidence, on Saturday, that hoodlums have taken over their community.

    “Those boys operate from Uli, and Ihiala communities in Anambra State. We no longer sleep with our two eyes closed. We have ran away from our village for safety. Some of the boys are from even from hear”, he said.

    Businesses are no longer booming  in some areas of the Southeast states because owners have relocated to safer environments for their activities and more profits in daily activities.

  Business owners  in the rural areas, private schools, churches, eateries and other establishments have been shutting down, while the those in the rural areas now migrate into the commercial capital of the states for their safety.

    In an interview, A retired Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nnamdi Okeahialam, described killings in the Southeast as unfortunate, urging Federal and States governments to find lasting solutions to insecurity.

   “Those in the Communities know themselves, and could also identify the bad ones that known to be criminals. Government should rise up to its responsibilities of protecting lives and property of the people”, Okeahialam noted.