By Rose Oranye
A delegation of Anambra State Government, on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, visited the people of Abatete, in Idemili North Local Government Area, to commiserate with them over the November 18 attack on some vigilantes of the community by gunmen suspected to be enforcing the Monday sit-at-home.
The delegation was made up of
the Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, and the Special
Adviser to the Governor on Security, AVM Ben Chiobi (Rtd).
Addressing the leadership of
the town, the Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, who is not only an
indigene of the town but a member of the Igwe-in-Council, consoled the people
over the ugly incident and prayed for the quick recovery of the PG of the town,
Chief Ezebinobi Chimame Ezigbo, who sustained a bullet injury during the
attack.
Dr Mefor also expressed his
commitment as a government agent and a major stakeholder in Abatete to work
with the people till they get to the end of the matter and security is fully
restored.
In his remarks, the Special
Adviser to the Governor on Security, AVM Chiobi, described the incident as one
of the hazards of the job, adding that the government is working to ensure it
never happens again.
"We will do something.
Although it will cause some disruptions and make some people uncomfortable, no
one will be killed."
He urged the leadership of
Abatete to work towards sanitising the community, especially the Eke Agu axis,
to make it safe, or the government will decide and take action for everyone's
interest, even as he suggested ways to improve security in the area such as
CCTV cameras.
In their separate remarks,
Chief Clement Analikwu, Obi Nsukwu Abatete and Obi of Ogbu Abatete, Chief Edwin
Enyokwa, who represented the traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Emeka Efobi,
thanked the government for showing concern to the Abatete people and assured
that they would cooperate with the government in any way possible to curb
insecurity in the town. They called for government assistance in burying the
dead and defraying the expense incurred in the treatment of the town’s
president general who was still hospitalized.
Also speaking, the 3rd Vice
President of the Abatete Union, Sir Anthony Okwuchukwu Adibe, disclosed that
the Igwe-in-Council is speeding up actions to hold the Abatete Security Summit,
which they started planning before the incident, and called on the government
to upgrade security patrol to Abatete, as the town cannot do much given the
many roads that pass through the town, both federal and state.
In a vote of thanks, Chief
Peter Ézè assured that the town would abide by all the government's directives
to curb insecurity in Abatete.
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