Calls for proactive protection of lives and properties
By Emeka Attah
Anambra Governorship aspirant under Labour Party platform, Mr John Nwosu has expressed reservations over the incumbent Governor Charles Soludo’s readiness to combat various security lapses being recorded presently in Anambra State.
Nwosu in a public statement released in Awka, yesterday, noted that ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities, Anambra people outside the state and in the Diaspora are already expressing grave concerns about coming home for the holidays.
He said their trepidation was quite understandable, given the prevailing level of insecurity in the State.
He said with Anambra State clearly lacking a forensic laboratory, data bank, tracking devices, and institutional framework for holistic security, it is quite impossible to believe the Anambra State Government’s avowed readiness in combating crime and insecurity.
Nwosu said that to ensure optimal state security, the environment must be dominated with visible presence of security operatives in both static and mobile formations.
“This is not happening. I have already made it public, that when we come to power in 2025, Security will be our top priority; and we will visibly and proactively protect lives and property” he stated.
On the sad news of the abduction of Jude Nnam, a renowned music composer and one of Nigeria’s best song writers, around Umunnachi town, he called on the Anambra State Government and her security agents to be more proactive in securing the state and fulfilling its primary responsibility of safeguarding lives and property.
“Anambra has regrettably become a playground for these criminal elements due to lack of robust policing of the state” he lamented.
