OWERRI - Chief Emmanuel
Iwuanyanwu, a PDP chieftain, has
charged the Ohaneze Ndigbo
leadership to summon a meeting of all
retired senior security officers of South
East extraction to discuss the security of the zone. Iwuanyanwu, a member of PDP Board
of Trustees, made the call in Owerri on
Friday at a news briefing on some
nagging national issues. The business mogul was reacting to
the ceaseless upsurge of insurgency in
some parts of the country in the wake
of the forthcoming general elections. Iwuanyanwu urged the Ohaneze
Ndigbo to constitute a security
committee from the retired senior
security officers of the Army, Navy and
Police that would work closely with
the five South East governors. “We do not need to wait until we are
attacked before we start discussing
security problems,” he said. Iwuanyanwu said they would detect
early signs of security breaches and
advise on the best way to tackle them. He said that every patriotic Nigerian
should be more concerned with the
unity, progress, peace and prosperity
of the country. Also Read: 'Nigeria not under siege' Iwuanyanwu warned that if the 2015
elections was not properly handled, it
could deteriorate to a point that it
might be difficult to control. “I therefore strongly suggest that
since the South-South region has gone
four years out of the constitutional
eight years, it (South-South) should be
allowed to complete the eight years,”
he said. Iwuanyanwu appealed to politicians
from the South East, who he said are
legitimately and rightly demanding for
Presidency, to subjugate their
ambition to the unity, peace and
stability of the country. He urged such people to support the
South-South after which the
“Presidency will go to the North”. Iwuanyanwu said that the South-
South had contributed substantially to
the economic and social development
of Nigeria. “If they are denied the opportunity to
serve their normal tenure of eight
years, it may be viewed as an act of
bad faith.” “We cannot afford at this moment to
open up a new frontier of crisis in the
South.” “In effect, in four years time, all
Nigerians will support the presidency
going to the North. After eight years in
the North, the presidency will come
back to the South.” “When it comes to the South, it will
automatically be the turn of the South
East as South West and South-South
zones have had their turns,” he said. He expressed concern at what he
termed the “bloody assassination of
some innocent citizens of the country
and the criminal occupation of large
territories by the Boko Haram sects”. He called on Nigerians, especially
leaders of the restive zones, to rise to
the challenge and support the Federal
Government’s efforts to restore
normalcy to the troubled areas.
www.news24nigeria.com

Good idea

The problem of Insecurity in Nigeria today is not a because of the inadequacies of our Gallant Soldiers or Senior Officers - The problem is that we are all suffering under the weight of an Incompetent and a Clueless Commander In Chief.

Ndigbo will tell you that an Okoro Plant will never outgrown his owner and the British will tell you you can never outrun your Shadow. And Nairalanders will tell you that if the Head is rotten, the body will be useless.

Someone is thinking of the country, not himself... That's a good move.