The Obi of Onitsha His Majesty Igwe Nnemeka Alfred Achebe (Agbogidi)has lamented that Nigerian as a country is dangerously at a crossroad in all the spheres of National endeavor.
Achebe further lamented that the attendant implications of the outcome of the last general election across the country and the sustained protests occasioned by the excise would have been averted had it been the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC convincingly conducted transparent elections with massive resources at its disposal.
Igwe Achebe disclosed this during the Ofaka Festival and 22nd years of his being on the throne of the Onitsha Ancient Kingdom contended that the dangerous situation in the country calls for worry.
” The outcome of the Presidential election which has been upheld by the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal has been further challenged at the Supreme Court of Nigeria”
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“Further more the Civil Society Organization have announced an extended civil disobedience agenda to “Occupy Nigeria” in protest against the non- transparency of the PEPT . The uncertainty that
now prevails would have been averted if INEC had convincingly conducted transparent elections with the massive resources at its disposal”
“The uncertainty had been further complicated by the continuing security concerns in most parts of the country. Following eight years of the previous administration, including the unilateral removal of fuel subsidy without a backup strategy,are seriously deepening the hardship in the country, particularly at the lower rungs of the society.
*In effect the country is at a dangerous crossroads, politically, economically, socially and security wise”
“In the South East we have the aftermath of the last general elections; the complex and protracted security situation involving kidnapers , political thugs , state and no state actors ,etc ; all masquerading as unknown gunmen as well as crippling economic strangulation of the South East arising from the insecurity and the I’ll advised Sit At Home protest that has cost Ndigbo incalculable losses in finances and tragically, properties and lives ” he said.
Achebe however noted that the Onitsha Ancient Kingdom has been able to contain the security challenges in the area following the contributions of security operatives in the area .
Corroborating the submissions of the lgwe Achebe the Chairman Onitsha South local government area Chief Emeka Joseph Orji noted that in the last one year he came Into office his administration has enjoyed robust and great synergy with the Monarch nothing that his support and fatherly role has been the tonic they gave rise to the security of lives and property in the area.
“It is on record that our Royal Majesty Igwe Alfred Achebe Agbogidi since I came into office has provided the tonic and the much needed synergy that has provided adequate security of lives and property in Onitsha and whatever we have achieved so far is simply due to the instrumentality of His Majesty” he said
Speaking on the same stead , Gov Charles Soludo announced that in the next two weeks something symbolic would happen in Onitsha and Anambra state in general in the area of security adding that the menace of touts and criminals would soon be a thing of the past.
“Onitsha is the Homeland of the entire Igbo race because there is no person in the South East that do not have a relative I. Onitsha and this includes the greater Onitsha which comprises of Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Idemili North and South as well as Ogbaru local government areas”
“,We cannot afford to allow touts to run down Onitsha which is the commercials nerve center of the South East and South East and we are clearing all illegal structures and undesirable elements in Onitsha and this would have multiplayer effects of commerce industry and wealth creation as well as social harmony”. He conclude.
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