Ebube Agu Not After IPOB – Ebonyi Governor, Dave Umahi

The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has said that the newly created security outfit in the South-East, Abube Agu, is not after the members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The Ebonyi governor stated this on Friday while handing over some vehicles to security agencies to aid their work of bringing safety to the lives and property of residents of the state in Abakaliki, the state capital.

On April 11, Governors from the South-East announced the establishment of the security network as part of plans to checkmate the rising unrest in the region, stemming from an increase in criminal activities.

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According to a communiqué released by the governors of the South East, the security network is to oversee and monitor the activities of the vigilante groups in the region.

But Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, maintained that the regional leaders did not establish the security outfit because they were at loggerheads with the proscribed IPOB.

“Ebube Agu is not after the Eastern Security Network (ESN) or after IPOB, no. Ebube Agu is meant to protect the people of Ebonyi State and her visitors,” he said.

“I have asked every citizen of Ebonyi State to protect themselves against any killing, no Ebonyi person should be killed again by anybody for any reason.

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“We will not take the killing of any Ebonyi person lightly any longer. We have not deployed our Ebube Agu. The social media is saying we have deployed, we merely said this is the uniform we are preparing.”

Umahi said Nigerian youths were aggrieved, adding that leaders must find a way of engaging them in order to bring the current partial breakdown of law and order under control.