Ebube Agu: Gov Ikpeazu adduces reasons for creation of security outfit

Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the Governor of Abia State, has made clear the reasons why the South East Governors’ Forum created the security outfit, Ebube Agu.

The Governor spoke on Channels Television just hours after the Southeast unveiled Ebube Agu, a joint security force, adding that Ebube Agu operatives will oversee and track vigilante groups’ activities in the South East.

In his words: “Today, we have come together to collaborate to see how we can better protect citizens’ lives and property within this geographical zone.

“The current security situation in Nigeria is complex. We’re just trying to make sense of our unique situation in the southeast”.

Governor Ikpeazu did not confirm or deny if the personnel of Ebube Agu would bear arms and wear uniforms

According to him, “What matters is that he and his colleagues from the other four states in the area work together to ensure that Ebube Agu’s operatives are properly trained.

“Ebube Agu would be a security outfit both in name, purpose and action. It will be properly equipped. I want to assure you that all the states in the southeast already have various vigilante outfits.

“We want to call for a harmonised synergised system of action to be able to compare notes to be able to set up digital platforms that can respond to communication challenges”.

Ikpeazu posited that the new outfit would be rural-based, stressing “it is also going to be intelligence-based.”