Elder statesman and Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has called for collaboration between the newly floated South-East security outfit codenamed Ebube Agu and the Eastern Security Network to tackle the security challenges in the region.
Iwuanyanwu, a former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Calabar and ex-chairman of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency told newsmen in Owerri on Friday that it was imperative for Ebube Agu to share information with the South-West, South-South, and invest heavily in intelligence gathering to stem insecurity in the South-East.
“The elders of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo will work towards getting the IPOB-ESN to work with the Ebubeagu because we want a situation where all hands should be on deck to protect the region from bandits and terrorists.
I would not want to believe that IPOB-ESN is responsible for what is now happening in the South East because IPOB ESN is made up of Igbo and as such, they cannot just come and start killing their fellow Igbo men”.
While noting that the greatest threat to the nation’s security are the Boko Haram sect and the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWA), Iwuanyanwu urged the Federal Government to set up a panel of inquiry to ascertain the whereabouts of the Nigerian Air Force plane that recently disappeared during flight and crashed.
