RAYMOND OZOJI reports
The President-General of Ihiala Progress Union (IPU) Chief Barr. Okey Ohagba has alleged that some appointees of the Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo's administration are allegedly fueling insecurity in Ihiala town.
Ohagba who made the allegations while reacting to a recent massacre of a family at Isseke axis of Ihiala on Thursday last week, maintained that although Isseke was not in Ihiala town but the development, according to him, was a sad one because an entire family were gruesomely murdered by yet-to-be identified gunmen.
Ohagba who spoke to HEADLINE NEWS exclusively said that it is not yet Uhuru for Ihiala as it is still struggling to get it right in the areas of security and safety for the people.
He said that about a month ago about four persons were kidnapped at Umudara-Umueze axis of Ihiala and that about four days ago a widow and her two children of 12 and 10 years old were kidnapped at same Umudara axis of Ihiala, pointing out that the kidnappers always come in from the Ogwu-Isham Atammiri Amamputu Uli forest in the area; strike and abscond into the bush where they have their camps.
The IPU President-General stressed that the major challenge in Ihiala now are the pockets of kidnappings in the area as hoodlums operate from the Ogwu-Isham Atammiri Amamputu Uli forest to unleash terror on their victims and disappear into the forest.
But in spite of the precarious situation in Ihiala, the IPU President-General informed that Ihiala town has not rested in the fight against insecurity unlike other Mbosi, Isseke and a few other communities under the captivity of daredevil hoodlums.
He said that all the incursions of non-state actors to penetrate Ihiala town have been rebuffed by the joint security operations of the Agunechemba, the Police and the Nigerian Army.
Ohagba however disclosed that since the enactment of the Anambra State Homeland Security Law, some other internal community politics equally crept into Ihiala. Though he emphasized that government was aware of the internal political wranglings but equally expressed hope that such politics would be removed from the fight against insecurity in Ihiala.
Ohagba said, " We happen to identify some appointees of the government who have a hand in these issues and we were able to blow the whistle and it became as if some people are using it to play politics but we have vowed as a town union never to play politics with issues of insecurity in Ihiala."
He therefore maintained that despite the politics being played with insecurity in Ihiala, the Agunechemba security outfit is still at work in the area trying to ensure that the town doesn't collapse completely.
He also reasserted his position that it was no longer gossip that some political appointees of the present administration are fueling the crisis of insecurity in Ihiala town and that they have written officially to the state government and even mentioned their names to the governor.
He said it is worrisome and that there's need for government to beam its searchlight especially now that it is investing heavily in the fight against insecurity in Anambra State. That it would be too shocking to see that persons who are appointees of government are aiding insecurity in Ihiala.
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