Attacks In South-East Biggest Igbo Challenge Since Civil War – Uzodimma

• Uzodimma opine that attacks are the worst challenge faced by the Igbo since the civil war.

Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, says recent attacks in the south-east are unprecedented in the region, noting that the situation approximates to the happenings during the civil war.

Speaking at the the south-east security summit, which held in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Sunday, Uzodimma opine that attacks are the worst challenge faced by the Igbo since the civil war.

The civil war, which occured between 1967 and 1970, resulted in loss of lives. It was a three year long fratricidal battle between the eastern region of yore and the military federal government after the collapse of Nigeria’s first republic.

In recent times, there has been inexorable rise in violent attacks and criminal activities in the region, leading to killings and invasion of security facilities.

The development has sparked fears of imminent emergence of insurgency in the beleaguered region.

Speaking at the summit, Uzodimma said the region is confronted by a hydra-headed monster that must be tamed urgently.

He also said the region is not under siege.

“While I will not easily subscribe to the school of thought that believes that the south-east is under siege, I will readily agree that since the end of the civil war, Ndigbo has not witnessed such a monumental existential challenge as the one now staring us in the face,” he said.

“The question of how we came to this sorry state is no longer necessary. What matters now is how to get out of it fast enough, and how to secure the zone from further harassment by militants and terrorists, and free our people from the accompanying fear and panic; they are forced to live with in the aftermath of the mindless attacks.

“This is the agenda for this summit and it is one task that we must accomplish together or forever live with the shame that under our watch, militants overwhelmed our constituted authority and subjected our people to a state of perpetual fear and trembling.”

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