The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID)has urged the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to deploy the police to Ebonyi State and mop up illegal weapons in the custody of unauthorized persons in Ebonyi State.
The group’s advice was sequel to intelligence report that some top politicians have shared illegal weapons for some political thugs to cause mayhem in the state.
Paschal Oluchukwu, the president of the group
urged the security agencies to step their game in protecting innocent citizens and opposition elements in Ebonyi state.
“We urged the new IGP to kindly investigate these allegations and not only recover such arms from such unauthorized citizens but also adequately protect the lives and businesses of opposition leaders and members and indeed, all those opposition political parties in Ebonyi from the planned onslaught against them.,he said”
He condemned the recent view expressed on a national Television by the state Commissioner for Border and Internal Security, Stanley Okoro, where he blamed the worsening insecurity in the state on the opposition leaders.
He further condemned what it described as the state government’s posture “that has only given Ebonyians the pains and agonies of blood-letting attacks since it claimed to have connected the state to the centre.”
