Insecurity: Southeast Governors Renew Calls For State Policing

• The meeting was attended by the leadership of traditional rulers council, Ohaneze Ndigbo, South-East Joint Security Committee and members of the clergy in the zone

The Southeast Governors Forum on Sunday called for the establishment of state police in view of the current security challenges in parts of the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chairperson of the forum and Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi disclosed this in a communique issued at the end of their security meeting with opinion leaders in the zone in Enugu.

The governor said the forum had set up a committee to work out acceptable modalities for the workability of state policing and would submit the same to the National Economic Council (NEC).

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“The meeting is in support of restructuring, the setting up of state police and other national issues as discussed at the last NEC meeting.

“A committee has been set up to work out acceptable modalities and submit the same to NEC in its next meeting,” he said.

He said the meeting reiterated its support for the adoption of a common joint security outfit code-named ‘Ebube Agu’ with its regional headquarters in Enugu.

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According to him, the regional outfit will work with police and other security agencies in its operations to protect lives and property in the South-east.

“We agreed on the structure and operational modalities of Ebube Agu and also set up an advisory board for the security outfit,” he said.

Umahi said the Attorney Generals and Commissioners for Justice of the states in the zone had been directed to amend existing state laws to give legal backing to the joint security outfit.