The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has received praise from the Igbo Youths for Positive Change for his efforts to combat criminal groups in the state.
The National President of the organization, Chinedu Obigwe, claimed in a statement made available to journalists on Monday that the governor was waging a “legitimate war” against the criminals posing as “unknown gunmen” in the state.
Obigwe emphasized that Soludo was doing a commendable job of equating his words with deeds. He claimed that the governor had previously ordered all armed organizations terrorizing the state to lay down their arms and come out of hiding.
He claimed that the governor’s appeals for the offenders to repent of their bad deeds had been met with indifference and that he was left with no alternative but to begin prosecuting them in accordance with the law.
He said, “When the governor told all armed groups terrosing Anambra to surrender their weapons, come out of the bush and change from their evil ways, they refused to heed his wise counsel and instead continued terrosing ndi Anambra.
“It is said that the fly that refuses to hear follows the corpse to the grave. This is exactly what is happening to the terrorists masquerading to be ‘unknown gunmen’ in Anambra.
“Soludo gave ndi Anambra the assurance that the ‘Egyptians’ they see today, they shall see them no more.
“From Ukpor in Nnewi South to Orsomoghu, Lilu in Ihiala to Ogbaru to Aguata and all the communities in our state places being used by the gunmen as their hideouts are no longer safe for them.
“The operation launched against them on the directive of our beloved governor is yielding fruitful results.”
The group emphasized that the criminals were now being punished for the horrific crime they had committed against the state, and they went on to say that the governor had sworn to make sure that none of them would be spared in the coming conflict.
The statement further, “Soludo knows very well that security is the bedrock of sustainable development, hence his reason for vowing to tackle the terrorists masquerading to be ‘unknown gunmen’.
“For weeks now, we have stopped hearing about killings by ‘unknown gunmen’ in Anambra, rather what we are hearing is how the heartless ‘unknown gunmen’ are now paying for their crimes.
“The mission of Soludo is to turn Anambra into a liveable and prosperous homeland and nothing will stop him from actualising this mission. He always tells us that his reason for not complaining about the challenges confronting our state is because he applied for the job and we deemed it necessary to employ him.
“As far as he is concerned, ndi Anambra employed him to bring whatever challenges facing them to an end and that is what we are witnessing in our state under his watch. He is tackling all the challenges confronting our state simultaneously.”
“Recently, an outbreak of the dreaded Monkeypox disease was reported in our state, but the governor, through the ministry of health, arrested the situation. He is also touching all sectors of governance and promised ndi Anambra that immediately after the rain, he will start the construction work on 220km of roads spread across the state.
“He is justifying the confidence reposed on him by Anambra electorates in such a way that they are not regretting voting for him.
“To God be the glory that the menace of the ‘unknown gunmen’ in Anambra is coming to an end.”
