By Newsie Events Media:
Governor Willie Obiano on Thursday told President Muhammadu Buhari that bandits are responsible for the attacks in Anambra State.
Newsie Events had reported that Governor Obiano met with President Buhari to update him on security challenges facing the state ahead of the Governorship Election.
The Federal Government had on Wednesday, through the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federal, Abubakar Malami, threatened to invoke emergency rule as part of measures to address security challenges and safeguard electoral process in Anambra. It warned that it may enforce State of emergency to ensure peaceful conduct of the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state
But the governor, while briefing the State House correspondents at the end of a closed-door meeting with the President in Abuja, said bandits from neigbouring states are responsible for the killings and disruption of public peace in the state.
Mr Obiano described the call for the declaration of State of Emergency in Anambra to address security challenges in the state as “very unfortunate’’
He said: “Well, that’s a very unfortunate comment by the Attorney-General, Malami – very, very unfortunate..
“These invaders from outside Anambra state, from other states , we are going to deal with them. We’re already working, there’s nothing.
“Even to contemplate state of emergency is unfortunate, look at what is happening in the north; they kill dozens every day. Because one or two people were killed in Anambra in two weeks, is that a reason for somebody to call for a state of emergency?
“That’s a very unfortunate comment by Malami. I will call him to express reservation on those kinds of comments, he shouldn’t try that next time,’’ he said.
“We’ll overwhelm and conquer all these miscreants that came from other states to come and harass Anambra people.
“Let me stop at saying that they are from neighbouring states,’’ he said.
While comparing what is happening in the Northwest and Northeast to incidents in Anambra, the governor said:
“Well, when you have malaria and when you have cancer, they are two different treatments.
“What we have in Anambra is malaria, so you don’t have to use a sledgehammer to kill that. We are not near, in terms of confusion and security challenges, compared to Zamfara, Niger, kastina, sokoto and co, so they are not good examples.
“As a strategist, you don’t sit down here and order the army to carry the whole army in Nigeria to go to Anambra.
“In summary, what I’m saying is what is happening in Anambra and this election that must hold, the crisis and challenges are far from being close to challenges in the Northwest and in the Northeast, as the case may be.’’
The governor expressed optimism that the November Anambra gubernatorial election would hold despite the rising insecurity in the state.
“The guarantee we are given for this election is that this election will hold, we’ll have enough security to back the people and APGA,
“Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, will be the next governor of Anambra,’’ he added.
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