Chris Njoku, Owerri
A SUMMIT has been scheduled for the last week of this month to review the security situation in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government areas of Imo State.
Deputy Governor of the state, Gerald Irona disclosed this while receiving a delegation of the Old Boys Association of Priscilla Memorial Grammar School, Oguta who paid him a courtesy visit at his Oguta residence.
He said the summit is to ensure the areas are crime-free.
“Before the end of the month of October, we will have a security summit in Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta Local Government Areas of the state. We have tried to clean up Oguta axis, but considering the peculiarities of the two local government areas, there is need for critical stakeholders to sit down to discuss issues around security in the area.
“At a time in this community, citizens were living in fear. Communities in some of the areas were overrun by hoodlums. People could not walk freely without being molested. Within the few months that we have stayed in office, you can see that we have brought some level of sanity in the area.
“We are not there yet. This has to be sustained and all stakeholders need to be involved. Our people returning home must have a safe Christmas celebration.”
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The deputy governor urged the old boys to be patriotic, promising to continue to support their activities and by extension development of the school.
Owerri branch chairman of PMGS Oguta Old boys Association, Anthony Alinnor described Irona as an “exemplary old boy.”
He described the birth of the new administration in the state as divine, assuring him of their continued support.
“Your Excellency, I wish to state that the election of the Governor, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and your humble self, came at a time Imolites were re-echoing the biblical saying, “come over to Macedonia and help us.” Indeed, your election was a divine mandate; hence, we have heaved a sigh of relief.
We now have sanity in governance, unlike in the recent past, when governance was bastardised. This government’s record of achievements during the first 100 days in office is remarkable. Over and above all, due process is now the order of the day.”
In another development, the Deputy Governor on Saturday, met with political office holders in the two local government areas of Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta, where issues concerning the security of lives and property of citizens of the area topped the agenda.
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