By Ovat Abeng
Special Adviser to Anambra State Governor, Prof.Charles Soludo on Community Security, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, has urged governors of the five South East states of the country, to initiate a joint security outfit to deal with the insecurity ravaging the geo political region.
Emeakayi gave the advise in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Awka the state capital.
He noted that the successes and challenges of operatives of Agunechemba under his leadership in Anambra State towards restoring peace and making the state a prefers destination of choice for livable and prosperous state was a function of the visionary government of Governor Charles Soludo who is putting in his best for people of the state.
Emeakayi said Anambra’ is in for the best with Soludo’s courage and doggedness at signing the Homeland Security law 2025 which floated the Operation Udo Ga Achi and the Agunechemba outfit to deal with the problems of kidnappings, cultism, armed robbery, drug abuse and peddling, Okeite, Ezenwanyi and other harmful traditional rituals.
He explained that the state was able to record such a tremendous feat in stabilizing it’s internal and external security framework because it now parades the best tracking device, communication device and intelligence gathering security network in the entire South East zone and beyond.
According to him, “In the Igbo proverb, we say if an animal runs rough you use rough measures or tactics to pursue it and Governor Charles Soludo in his ingenuity saw the way things are going and chose to be miles ahead of them and drop the usual way of fighting insecurity knowing that what we have is different from what used to be.”
Emeakayi said that the issue of joint security outfit something “for the governors of the South East to decide but so far we appreciate or recommend joint security operations.
“But however laudable or good it may sound we are not holding the short end of the stick,” he said.
While citing what contains in other states of the geo political zone he observed that, “In Enugu they have their challenges and before now some people, in fact, a Reverend Father said if you go to Enugu their security network is working and it is not working in Anambra and we know that it has a political undertone.”
“Today, we have the best security network in the entire South East the best tracking device, the best communication device in the South East.”
“My colleagues in other states have been calling me to narrate what is happening in their states and asking why did you people in Anambra state chase them to their states,” he said.
“This a testimony of the success of the security architecture that is functional in Anambra state. And you know that before my appointment here, I have been a consultant for other states and other towns, so, I can tell you the situation because I am deep into it,” he stated
On why kidnappers, robbers and other criminal elements had besieges the state before now, he attributed the upsurge to her commercial potentials with huge markets, importer and exporters as well as time tested millionaires and billionaires who make the state thick.
He pointed out that crime and other criminalities erupted across the state because youths have abandoned the apprenticeship system and resort to quick ways to make money leading also to rituals and yahoo plus as well as killings.
He explained that some of the kidnap king pins had confessed that they pay less attention to profiling or mounting surveillance on their victims rather any mad man or woman serve their purpose because their families must cough huge funds once kidnapped.
The Agunechemba boss maintained that with the versed knowledge of the work backed by the strong support of Ndi Anambra through volunteered information, kidnappers, robbers and perpetrators of other heinous crimes have been driven out of the state.
“Some of them that were arrested told me that they do not need to waste time investigating who the person is; all you need to find out is if the person is from Anambra state.”
“They told me that even if it is mad man or woman just make sure that he is from Anambra state and once the mad person is kidnapped before the end of the day his family members would contribute millions to secure his release”.
“This is possible because Anambra is the commercial nerve center of the South East and criminals go to where there is money.”
He thanked the people and residents of the state for the support so far, adding that, *They are awesome people. And I pray them to continue to support Governor Soludo because of you thank a man for he things he has done so far, he will be willing to do more; even God, he expects us to show appreciation.”
“In the case of Soludo, I am not saying you must appreciate him; he will always tell us that he applied for this job. So, what he needs from us is our support. Just like I have been telling you about this security outfit, if not for the support of Ndi Anambra, I won’t be here. They are the ones supporting us with useful information, we are not spirits.”
“There is no way I will sit down here or stay in my village in Okija or anywhere else and know what’s happening in Anam town or Orumbanasa. It’s people from there. That is why I keep telling Ndi Anambra that wevare all governors, we are all Soludo in all the places. Let us join hands and make Anambra a prosperous and livable state.
“As I am asking for their support we are equally asking for their patience; we not have met all their expectations if they look back definitely they will agree with us that we may not have arrived at the destination they want us to be but we are not longer where we are have continued to be,” he added.