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Henix:
But without been told, you ought to know that the project is still under construction, and that there is no way such big project would have been planned and executed without inclusion of tree planting. Allow them to finish and commission it before you start doing the criticism.

Meanwhile, I'm not a fan of Soludo but he has been a prudent resource manager who is yet to subject Anambra State to reckless borrowing as others do. I'm yet to see any other candidate for next governorship election that can do better than him

If I was to give Soludo a score card this is what it would be:

Agriculture - C
Budget and Planning - B
Education - B
Health - A
Works - B+
Finance - B
Environment - C
Industry - C
Transport - D
Markets - C
Security - D
Lands - C
Women and Children - B
ICT - B

PROGRESS!

The Anambra State security outfit, codenamed Operation Udo Ga-Achi or Agunechemba, has demolished the Udoka Golden Point Hotel and Suites, popularly known as “La Cruise Hotel,” located along the Onitsha-Owerri Road.

Authorities revealed that the hotel had been used as a den for kidnappers and other criminal elements. A statement from the Anambra State New Media, shared on X late Saturday, disclosed shocking discoveries within the premises, including over 30 partitioned graves on the top floor of the two-story building, a shrine, live ammunition, and other incriminating items.


According to the security operatives, the bust was part of their ongoing crackdown on criminal hideouts in the state. The operation also led to the recovery of blood-stained items and live cartridges, which have been handed over to law enforcement authorities at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office in Awkuzu.


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In a video shared on Sunday, the team leader described the scene, saying: “We found a shrine, live ammunition, and cartridges while removing the pot used for their rituals. The pot, containing blood, has been handed over to the police as evidence.”

He continued:”The top floor of the hotel had well-partitioned graves for over 30 individuals alongside the shrine. This was where they carried out their spiritual activities.”

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, Mr. Christian Aburime, confirmed the incident. He stated that the demolition, carried out by Agunechemba, followed an investigation linking the hotel to kidnapping operations.

“The hotel was destroyed because investigations identified it as a kidnappers’ hideout. We discovered graves, army uniforms, live cartridges, and other items. The local community had been complaining about frequent gunshots at night but were too afraid to report due to fear of reprisal,” Aburime explained.


He added that the government’s newly enacted Homeland Security Law of 2025 has empowered citizens and security agencies to act decisively against criminal elements.

“We are making significant progress in flushing out criminals from Anambra State. This drastic action is yielding positive results. More buildings linked to crimes such as kidnapping, robbery, and hired killings will be demolished, and their owners prosecuted,” he assured.

The demolition has been praised by local residents, who expressed relief and gratitude to the government for addressing the long-standing menace.

0bjpmb:
The problem with you miserable frustrated night owl is that you are a merchant of darkness. A merchant of evil and miserable bastard that always parades himself as all knowing.

Leave this place and get lost, we don’t need your evil demonic energy. You have never been on the positive side. All your ideas are counterproductive and are all advise of an evil man that want to entrap people. Take your ideas back, we don’t need them.

If you know so much, you wouldn’t be here. All the knowledge you claim to have is only ends on nairaland. People with the actual ideas are in boardrooms where real issues are being discussed. No one knows who you are, you have no other life than camping on this thread like a vampire day and night.

Mktinsight go and get a life, there is no single positive mindset about you. You condemn almost everything about Anambra, including the airport, ICC, etc. now you have turned on the new security outfit. Go and find something to do with your miserable life. Anambra is doing well and under good leadership.

You are a dog. A low life dog who cannot read with adult comprehension or engage in intelligent discussion. I know your type. Paid to promote and dance and abuse for ANSG online. That's all you are good for with your underdeveloped brain. Stay out of adult discussions. This one no concern you.

Chikeluba25:
thanks for the information, we need constructive criticism for better growth in Anambra But I expected u to report the abducted Dr.'s release the following day... Since the abductors could not withstand the heat. Ur failure to report the following development makes it look as if u are celebrating sad news from this end.

While we commend Anambra State security structure, we challenge them to do more. The gospel truth is that the entire southeast and Nigeria at large is not safe. But we are not taking any excuse because Anambra have to standout as first class state.

I started posting incidents of kidnapping after posting that the government was not taking it very seriously. It should be obvious that something is definitely SERIOUSLY wrong when judges, doctors, politicians, nuns, Reverend fathers, bankers have been kidnapped over the past year with absolute Impunity. The Urologist at NAUTH was not the first doctor to be kidnapped. Dr Stephen Ezeh was abducted in Ihiala in August 2024. Supersport journalists were abducted with some killed in October 2024. The Labor member of house of reps for Onitsha North Justice Azuka abducted in December 2024 was not the first legislator kidnapped, Okechukwu Okoye representing Aguata 1 was abducted and killed in May 2022.

These should not happen at all if there was any semblance of a security architecture in place. Bank robbery attacks after all ceased in Anambra when armed gangs could not effect a getaway when Obi replaced police security checkpoints with military personnel.

Under Soludo the state roads are wide open. The highly corrupt NPF are everywhere collecting money without securing anything. Why shouldn't armed gangs roam around looking for who to abduct?

Anambra should be one of the few states where it should be hard to get away with kidnap for ransom. The state is small highly urbanized that can be seen from satellite images. There are less than 1 million vehicles, less than 6 million phone lines, less than 500,000 buildings. The cities and towns have few entry and exit points. Surveillance in such a place should not be difficult. But not with the NPF.

Simple data gathering and analysis should uncover criminal patterns. For example, in a population of 6 million with phones track signals of those moving around in vehicles after 6pm. It cannot be more than 5% of the population. Track those roaming around away from their home locations it cannot be more than 0.01% of the population. From that you build profiles.

Similarly, to ensure security on roads you need traffic cameras to take pictures of license plates and build profiles of movements of vehicles on key roads in Anambra. You also need surveillance drones in the sky to monitor day and night movements. There are drones that can remain airborne for more than 10 hours and can cover over 200km in range.

Then there should be stronger regulation of the transportation sector. Anambra has far too many Keke and shuttles that makes a chaos of traffic and roads. Many Keke operators are unknown operate without identification and some are criminals. Large trucks that deliver goods to markets are used to smuggle people, weapons and contraband into the state. None are checked by security agents.

Soludo doesn't have the capacity to secure even himself. Moving around with APC and 15 police is not security. He should take several million dollars and go get Israeli or ex military foreign consultants with a mission to identify armed criminal gangs and weapons trafficking in Anambra. Not this agunechemba silliness.

0bjpmb:
Mktinsight the night owl, go and look for job. There is insecurity everywhere in Nigeria. Stop coming here with your politically veiled posts as if there’s any state that’s safer than the other in Nigeria. A whole bus full of passengers was kidnapped last week in Enugu, till now nothing has been heard, if it was in Anambra, you ediots would still be here to post nonsense. No one in Enugu thread is even talking about it.

So if Palestine is burning does that mean that the security situation in Anambra is okay? Your astoundingly stoopid statement reflects your low IQ and you better keep your silly and childish govt propaganda filled dirty mouth shut when adults are speaking.

Abufo:
Our youth have lost their fear of government.........a government with clean hands will not fear the reintroduction of the firing squad variety of death punishment........... Most elected officials are scared of bringing back the firing squad cos they know the mayhem they commit in govt is well worthy of a "quick visit " to the stakes and barrels................... Demolishing of kidnappers houses will not deter these people.........Bring back the firing squad abeg....I do not care who is involved...Rogue ESN, cultists, corrupt SARs cops, Fulani herdsmen....or evil dibias.....if you are caught for kidnapping, tried, and convicted..........you will get a date with a team of bad marksmen.......they will use your body to perfect their shooting! enough is enough....oginidi !!

You don't kidnap people with stones but with guns and a vehicle on major roads. You use the telecommunication system. Yet what was Soludos response to anti kidnapping? Handing out vehicles and a 5m reward.

If one is serious about shutting down these gangs Israeli military consultants have the tools to use intelligence to track every single one of these gang members. They have the tools to identify arms movements. But soludo solution is buying pickups and painting agunechemba on them.

Professor indeed.

A Urologist in the Department of Surgery at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Dr. Cornelius Onuigbo, was abducted by gunmen on Tuesday evening.

The incident occurred at the gate of Onuigbo’s residence in Nnewi as he returned home from work.
Witnesses reported that the armed men intercepted him with their vehicle, forced him into it, and drove off.
One of the sources said, “The medical doctor was rounded up by some armed men, suspected to be kidnappers, as he was about to enter the gate of his residence. They had a few conversations with him after which they asked him to enter into their vehicle and drove off.

“No one knows the reason for the development, although the suspected kidnappers have not reached out to the family, but the family is already making an effort to secure his release.”

A staff of the university, who didn’t want his name on print, confirmed the development, saying, “The institution is aware of the incident and we are doing the needful. That is all I can say for now”.

The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, also confirmed the incident.

“Yes, the command is aware of the kidnap. We have already mobilised for the rescue of the doctor. The commissioner, CP Obono Itam, has given orders for this, and men of the command are currently at work,” he said.

Victor Ukandu, Awka

Diaspora Members of Amaokpala community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has expressed outrage over the rising insecurity in the state following the kidnapping of one of their prominent sons, Mr. Ikechukwu Okeke.

The community has called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to take immediate and decisive action to address the security challenges threatening lives and property in the region.

Mr. Okeke, a United Kingdom-based professional and elder brother to Dr. Chukwudi Okeke, chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council, returned to Nigeria on December 27, 2024, to attend his cousin's funeral and visit his ailing parents.

The tragic incident occurred on January 10 at about 7:30 PM, as Mr. Okeke was returning home from the funeral of his cousin, Mrs. Obiageli Okoli.

Unbeknownst to him, the kidnappers had been trailing his movements. As he stopped at the gate of his residence, they struck, forcing him out of his vehicle and into a waiting Toyota Sienna, in which they whisked him away.

The next morning, the kidnappers contacted his family and demanded a ransom of N100 million. After intense negotiations, an undisclosed amount was paid to secure his release. Mr. Okeke was freed unharmed after three days in captivity.

The incident has left the Amaokpala community enraged and questioning Governor Soludo's silence on the deteriorating security situation. As the chief security officer of the state, they argue, the governor is responsible for ensuring the safety of all residents.

A visibly shaken Mr. Okeke expressed his trauma over the ordeal and attributed the high rate of insecurity in Anambra and Nigeria to widespread unemployment among young people and the lack of social security. He called for urgent investment in industries and job creation to address these root causes of crime.

The Amaokpala community, which holds the Okeke family in high regard, is demanding immediate government action to restore security and prevent further incidents of this nature. They maintain that effective governance and a focus on long-term solutions will significantly reduce criminal activities and foster peace across the state.

0bjpmb:
Mktinsight the miserable old night owl, is this person in the picture Chuks GSS? Now it is clear that 90% ediots that comment here are not from Anambra and don’t know anything about Anambra.

Chino you demented poorly educated fool with nothing upstairs. You failed reading comprehension. Go back and read the post again boy.

nedu666:
For them everything is politics. How can a gov sit down and allow kidnapping and insecurity overshadow whatever good work he is doing. No difference between people who makes excuses and deny soludo failure and tinubu supporters who justify mass suffering of Nigerians. Its all about politics to them

Kidnappers are terrorists and as an economist Soludo should know the fallout of insecurity:

1) Decline in people traveling back for events
2) Decljne in real estate investments
3) Decline in lodging and entertainment
4) Decline in transport and trade
5) Decline in food spending and drinks

As it is last time I checked over 5,000 buildings are built every year in Anambra which represents over 150 billion in labor and materials. Over 100,000 are employed directly or indirectly in the constructiom industry. Over 100,000 people spend an average of 7 days in hotels in Anambra representing over 50 billion in food and lodging. There are over 50,000 people employed in the hospitality business in Anambra.

Anambra has over 33 markets that draws traders from across the region. Many will stop coming if they fear for their security.

Anambra has a university population of over 70,000 spread across unizik, anambra stare University, federal polytechnic. Just imagine iv kidnappers turn their sight on students.

So let Soludo keep playing around with security. The economic cost is massive. Cheaper he contracts hit squads that conducts intelligence and eliminates gangs. Task International in the UK, Mossad, South African Scorpions will do a better job than DSS or NPF.

Jcoleworld911:
And his closest associate Chuks haven’t said anything about this news, it’s a lie oga

Those are all fake news, ndi opposition can say/do anything just to discredit prof Charles Soludo

Some of them will frame their kidnapping like “onye Eze Jesus” and co

There’s nothing opposition cannot do

Keep living in denial about the sad security situation in Anambra. Chuky on his Instagram page showed the following:

Where is BigBen?

Somehow, since the sudden disappearance of BigBen, many of us have been lost in utter confusion, as to learn that not even a word - sms, call or whatsoever means has been implored by his captors. It brings to mind - what exactly do they want? It also seemed like - “let no one talk about it” in Anambra State kind-of-thing until now.

BigBen is well known to me. Together with Chukkie, they established GSS, Dubai Estate and he has been running his BigBen fashion line in Awka. Lately, he’s been shuttling Canada, Ethiopia and Abuja, Nigeria for business and various symposiums.

It’s rather shocking to learn that he hasn’t been found to this day. Mr. Ezemma Ben has a very young wife and little children. His dad is also very alive. How can his family be faring now? This is worrisome.

Well, Anambra is under siege. There’s violent crime in the land. The continuous choice to becloud things like everything is alright would remain our worst misgiving. We must rise as a common front, unite to fight this hydra-headed monster.

It may never make sense until it hits home; but the religious would chorus - God forbid; well, we must forbid first and stop stressing God over what our political elitist can solve!

Credit:Tobenna Obiano.

Jcoleworld911:
Provide your source, we are above this level

In the other news you share here, it mentions that Chuks Gss of Dubai estate was kidnapped but it turn out to be fake, stop peddling fake news

Kidnapped catholic nuns, Judge released in Anambra By
Michael Ovat
Nigerian Tribune

January 13, 2025


The two kidnapped Catholic nuns of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, and a kidnapped Anambra High Court Judge have been released in Anambra State.

Tribune Online reports that the Reverend Sisters, Sisters Vincentia Maria Nwankwo and Grace Mariette Okoli, were abducted about a week ago, while the judge, whose name has been withheld, was kidnapped on Saturday while entering his house in Awka South Local Government Area of the state.

A source close to the family confirmed that the judge was released on Sunday, barely 24 hours after his abduction, sparking widespread jubilation among sympathizers who have been thronging his residence since the incident.

Two Reverend sisters and an Anambra high court Judge kidnapped on 11 January released.

For those saying all is well what kind of State is it that nuns, Reverend fathers, lawmakers and judges are kidnapped.

Soludo better get his act together. It is clear that there is no security in Anambra.

nedu666:
Soludo is and as always being a proud man who thinks he knows it all. Even when he talks you can see the arrogance and I know it all mentality. That man narration is everywhere. Literally it demarkets Soludo as an incompetent person. Do you know what it means to say a governor said there is no money to buy fuel for security patrols aimed at fighting insecurity. For dss and police to say they are ready to work but Soludo is not forthcoming. Even if it is made up, the narrative coupled with the fact Soludo is doing nothing not even addressing the people shows incompetence

Soludo only appoints people he can lecture to and control.

The weakness of kidnap gangs is transport and telecommunications. It's not like Anambra has roads all over the place. There are few artery roads. Yet police cannot monitor vehicular movements. Then every phone is trackable right down to 5 sqm.

With the right technology it should not be difficult to clamp down on armed gangs, kidnap for ransom and gun runners. Anambra is 4,000 sqkm only. But that this is happening is a failure of policing.

I would not trust DSS or NPF. Taking down kidnap for ransom gangs there are lots of contract military mercenaries all over the world. They have the surveillance technology, the tracking and no sentimental attachment. There are Israelis, South African, Russian outfits that can eliminate these nuisances.

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Businessman Recounts Days Of Horror In Anambra Kidnappers' Den, Narrates How Abductors Murdered Victims, Trafficked Human Organs

January 9, 2025

A businessman who was kidnapped alongside Catholic Reverend Father Nonso in Anambra State has shared a harrowing account of their ordeal.


The two were held captive for a week without food or water, and the businessman claims that the government and security agencies did nothing to help them.

In a leaked telephone conversation, the businessman alleged that the State Director of the Department of State Services told him that they were ready to work but lacked the funds to do so. He also criticised Governor Chukwuma Soludo for not taking action to address the state's security challenges.

The businessman's account is particularly disturbing, as he describes witnessing people being killed and their organs harvested and sold to traffickers.


He also claims that the Enugu State government helped track their location, but the police refused to rescue them.



This incident highlights the severe security issues plaguing Anambra State. According to reports, the state has experienced a surge in kidnapping and armed attacks, with many attributing the violence to poor governance and lack of effective security measures.

The businessman's experience also raises concerns about corruption and the perceived lack of accountability within the security forces.

SaharaReporters reported on January 1, 2025 that the Spiritual Director of Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, Anambra State, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obimma, popularly known as “Father Ebube Muonso” narrated how he paid N1 million to mobilise the police to rescue a priest and colleague, Rev. Fr. Nonso, who was kidnapped and spent a week at his captors’ den in a forest.

Giving his eyewitness account, the businessman who spoke in Igbo said: "...when they shot these people, I realised that this is no longer a child's play. You see people bleeding from gunshot, and you also see those whose organs are being harvested. You will hear them saying cut this side and cut the order side. You see them cutting people's parts while they're alive."



He said he paid a ransom of N10.3 million and the Rev. Father paid over N20 million to regain his freedom. According to him, the kidnappers had wanted to release the Reverend Father but because they had a quarrel with Fr (Emmanuel) Obimma Ebube Muonso (parish priest in Dunukofia and the founder and head of Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry) on the phone, they decided to keep his friend priest to test his resolve.

He continued: "I put N10.3 million and I paid through my account but it is not about payment of ransom because there are people who paid money yet they were killed. Father paid over N20 million. They killed several people and there's a well there where some people who were killed were thrown. They poured some chemicals inside the well.

"We were in their den with the Harmattan cold on December 17, 18 and 19, 2024. They had an altercation with Father Obimma Ebube Muonso and one would think that the kidnappers would be afraid of being tracked but they were not afraid because they knew that Anambra State doesn't have adequate security.

“While they were talking with Father Ebube Muonso, the leader of the gang came and told the Rev Fr Nonso that he wanted to release him but he wanted to proof to Fr Ebube Muonso that they were not on the same level. He said they often see him but ignore him was because he is a Rev. Father but that will show him (Ebube Muonso). He even called their gang members in their various camps that if something happened, they should bring Ebube Muonso alive."

He continued, "If you see these small children carrying guns; if you think that they are Yahoo boys (internet fraudsters), they are no longer into that. They are now into kidnapping. If you see these people, they're carrying iPhone 13 like Yahoo boys. I was there and they were calling their girlfriends. We were there on the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December - inside the bush with them. We didn't go to the toilet, we didn't eat and we didn't bathe. We didn't even brush our teeth. I didn't know that it is possible for someone to stay for three days without going to the toilet. It was on the night of December 24 that I was brought out like they usually did while we were there. They would bring people out and say move. The next thing they would do was shoot the person."

He stated that considering what he saw there, he was no longer thinking about his business.

"I no longer think of my business. I no longer think of my parents. This boy that has Dubai estate, you know he has been missing for over a month and there was no communication. So I was thinking: is this how people are being killed? If you see how body parts were being sold. There was a boy that wanted to escape, he told us one day when we were brought together that he had spent 21 days in the kidnapper's den and that the person brought with him had been killed."

The businessman stated that he slept beside the Rev father at night, adding they prayed for God's intervention but at every turn, it would appear that God wasn't going to answer their prayers.



Free At Last

But eventually, he and the cleric were allowed to go home.

He said, "We prayed intermittently and you don't talk there. So they asked the priest to hold me and we were moving in the bush. They told us that they would put us in the trunk of Toyota Venza, and that wherever they stopped and opened the trunk of the vehicle, I should come out and drive the Venza home, along with the Rev father. I don't know the owner of the Venza and I was asking myself whether I had come there to be gifted a Toyota Venza. I was also afraid because I had heard that there was someone who was burnt inside a car.

"So, they were going round the bush and when they got to a particular place, they stopped and opened the boot and asked me to take the key and drive the Venza home. They said there was enough fuel in it. Thereafter, they closed the boot, fired some shots and left. We drove for hours, looking for a way out of the bush. Before we got to Father's parish, it was round 1 am on December 25 (Christmas Day).



"When we finally found a road, I told Father that we should go to my house in Awka but he said we should go to Umudioka, his parish. That was how we went there and fortunately Father Ebube Muonso and his team were in adoration. They had just finished praying for us.

“People fled when they saw how fast we drove. They took us to the altar there. From there, they took us upstairs where we took our bath."

The businessman revealed how the family of the kidnapped member of the State House of Assembly representing Onitsha North called him to know whether he knew of his whereabouts.

"You know, that there was a House member that was kidnapped in Onitsha North; his people called me, asking whether I had any clue, I said I had no clue. They said the governor told them that there was nothing he could do. The wife of the man was crying on phone, begging to know if there anything I could tell them. The kidnappers had already asked for a ransom of N20 million and maybe they don't know that he's a lawmaker.

"Probably they didn't know about the person and when they discovered, they stopped calling the relations. Anambra is a joke now. Do you know that a lawmaker called me and said that we are in trouble. He said there was no single tracker in Anambra State and that the governor was waiting for people coming from Abuja to track the location of the Rev father.

"So Father Ebube Muonso called the governor of Enugu State. I don't know that the governor Enugu State is working but he doesn't talk, so he stayed in Enugu and tracked where we were kept and it was Urum because while we were there, a plane would intermittently fly over us. I thought this was going on around Ihiala; I didn't know it had reached Awka, the state capital.

"It wasn't like we were kept in secret room but we were in the bush and they were running it like a well-structured organisation. They cooked. I was afraid that we could be poisoned. From Urum, you get to Achalla, and from there, you get to Igbariam. So the governor of Enugu told the police in Anambra that they should go in and rescue us. And the police in Anambra said they would not enter the bush.

"It was by the divine grace of God that we made it alive considering the way people were killed there. I discovered that what attracts them is ‘big’ vehicles. The way it is in Anambra now is for one to look for a small car to drive. They come out for operation between 7pm and 8:30pm and they have various camps.

"So it is risky to drive from 7 pm to 8:30 pm or 9 pm. The roads are always busy then and that is when they kidnap people. The best time to get home is 6 pm or 6:30 pm; you enter your house. If there's something that made you to stay late in the night, you should wait till 11 pm to midnight before going home. At that time, they will not be in the road again."

On how Rev Fr Nonso was kidnapped, the businessman said he was kidnapped while trying to buy fuel.

He said, "The priest who returned from America and hails from Ojoto, went out to buy fuel and after that he stopped at a block industry - he was the former head of St. Kizito, a Catholic school, so he was telling somebody that he would cook to entertain the children in the school. Suddenly, a vehicle arrived there and the occupants started shooting.

"He was confused as it appeared to him like a movie, maybe he didn't understand that the security situation in Anambra had deteriorated, so the people with him ran away. They carried him with his car. My anger is that despite all the things happening in Anambra State, the police are not doing anything.

"State Director of Security Services otherwise known as Department of State Services (DSS) told me that they are willing to work but there's no money. He told me that during the December period, there were squads sent across the states in the country. He regretted that those sent to stay in Anambra spent two days and the governor told them that he didn’t have money for fuel and they went back."



The businessman revealed that when they went to Enugu State to thank the governor for his assistance, they were taken to a house where everything happening in Enugu State is being monitored. He wondered what the governor of Anambra state is doing with the allocations of Anambra state.

He said, "The whole tracking was done in the house and they even showed us where we were kept in the bush from the Enugu State Government House. At a point, they contemplated to deploy airstrike but Father Ebube Muonso was skeptical that they could kill innocent people in the process.

“We thanked the Enugu State Governor but Governor Soludo is toying with the people of Anambra State. It was by the divine grace of God that I went and came out alive. They collected my phone.”


When SaharaReporters contacted the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga for his reaction, he simply said, "Thank you for the information."

I was talking to a friend who told me about how US intelligence recruited an Israeli firm to Crack a criminal rings communication.

It made me think that perhaps Anambra should recruit Israelis to gather intelligence and identify all the kidnap gangs and gunrunners operating in the state.

Eboofa:
Insecurity is the bane of Soludo administration!! I have always believed that attributing 100% of security challenges to Biafran agitation is simplistic and naive......a couple of salient societal negatives are at play in Anambra....maybe a security conference needs to be organized to identify these issues!

ESN/ BLA agitators

Cultism fuelled by drug abuse

Touts/ Tax collectors powered by shadowy bizmen

New Age Odinala idol worshippers doing their own power grab!

The most insidious factor is the breakdown of Nwaboi apprenticeship system in Anambra!

This list is not exhaustive but Soludo needs to tackle these issues with tact and also be ready to go kinetic if need be!




Touts

The kind of crime committed points out to well coordinated weapons distribution. There are only three sources of military grade weaponry in Anambra:

1) The Nigerian police. Interestingly over 2,000 guns have disappeared over the years from police formations in Anambra which suggests a level of complicity between police officers and criminals something that needs to be investigated by special forces.

2) Gunrunners. There has been little investigation to identify and arrest gun salesmen in trading towns like Onitsha and Nnewi. The trucks that ply the state sometimes carry contraband items like guns and bullets.

3) ESN - The igbos continue to underplay the dangers of an armed paramilitary group claiming to fight for liberation. From Liberia to Sudan such groups usually morph into monsters competing with the state for power. The gangs claiming to be ipob armed faction is directly responsible for the increasing insecurity in the state.

Solutions:

1) Cameras. The armed gangs that conduct car snatching, kidnapping often ply the expressways of the state. Yet the state cannot even conduct simple intelligence of identifying suspicious vehicles on the road. There are no cameras monitoring major roads or arteries or reading vehicle license plates.

2) Hand held XRay Scanners- Armed military officers tactically experienced should man checkpoints on the roads not to restrict flow but to identify suspicious drivers and vehicles for further surveillance. Xray Scanners can quickly find vehicles transporting hidden guns.

3) Criminal profiling. Govt should recruit special investigators to build profiles of criminals in the state and to monitor their communication and social networks. From this intelligence profiles of gun runners, kidnap gangs and financiers can be built for prosecution.

4) Police probe. Police should be investigated for gun running and ties with cultists, kidnap gangs with bad eggs identified and prosecuted. The state must act quickly on this.

5) Military action - the military must be engaged to flush out the camps of kidnap gangs in forests around the state in a concerted action. It must operate in Anambra, Imo and Enugu.

Eboofa:
Insecurity is the bane of Soludo administration!! I have always believed that attributing 100% of security challenges to Biafran agitation is simplistic and naive......a couple of salient societal negatives are at play in Anambra....maybe a security conference needs to be organized to identify these issues!

ESN/ BLA agitators

Cultism fuelled by drug abuse

Touts/ Tax collectors powered by shadowy bizmen

New Age Odinala idol worshippers doing their own power grab!

The most insidious factor is the breakdown of Nwaboi apprenticeship system in Anambra!

This list is not exhaustive but Soludo needs to tackle these issues with tact and also be ready to go kinetic if need be!




Touts

The insecurity started with proliferation of military grade weapons through IPOB sympathizers who financed the group. That group has now gone rogue and have turned their bush camps into kidnap camps.

Anambra needs a military operation to sweep the state and Imo to clear all these paramilitary camps. It's not just blocking expressways but they need helicopters, satellite imagery and phone trackers to identify and arrest criminal gangs.

Soludo likes to talk. Time for actio .

Under Soludo:

- 1 house of assembly member murdered and beheaded
- 1 house of assembly member kidnapped
- Retired Arch bishop kidnapped
- 1 catholic priest killed
- Several Catholic and Anglican priests abducted
- US Convoy attacked with several killed in Anambra
- Multichoice Supersport Team kidnapped in Anambra
- Ex Commissioner kidnapped in Anambra
- Secretary of Idemili Branch of NBA kidnapped while Ihiala NBA Principal State Counsel murdered
- UNIZIK Lecturer kidnapped in May 2024
- Another UNIZIK lecturer killed in Dec 2024

Dam5reey1:
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Ofodirinwa:
as someone that lives in America, the fact that every nigerian who is shot makes the news will lead you to believe nigeria is not safe. There's no major state in America that does not report less than 1000 people gunned down a year. But nobody will ever say because people are being shot they should halt roads lol

America has statistics of gun violence of which 60% is suicide. Homicide is roughly 20,000 in a year. It is SIGNIFICANTLY more in Nigeria. From Fulani herdsmen to cultists to ritual killings to armed robbery. Nigeria has become increasingly violent and weapons proliferation is a serious problem. Statistics say that around 10,000 homicides happen in Nigeria per year but it's under reported.

Security, security, security.

All the roads in the world mean nothing without security.

Yesterday a unizik lecturer was gunned down 400m from the Secretariat and Police B Division. And Soludo is offering amnesty to criminals.

The governor better wake up and re establish army checkpoints on all major entry and exits into the major cities with rapid response specialized squads tracking and tackling kidnapping gangs. Anambra is not a massive state. The increasingly brazen behavior of criminals says that the security architecture is fundamentally broken.

Otherwise, like play like play do not be surprised if criminals target government commissioners.

pandax:
What is the current average monthly IGR for Anambra?.

Enugu is currently doing over 16b per month!

Anambra generates N3bn IGR monthly – Soludo

https://punchng.com/anambra-generates-n3bn-igr-monthly-soludo/

Enugu meanwhile grew IGR from 3bn a month to around 10b because they overhauled their tax agency. They have a simplified digitized tax system where informal traders pay once through an e ticketing system and formal businesses get a consolidated demand notice. In Anambra there are hordes of legal and illegal tax collectors. Agberos on the streets and in the markets.

Anambra should request EIRS staff on secondment to its agency and relocate some of the deadwood in its agency.

ebufa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7betjEdjAk&t=532s




The dreaded Niger River floods are with us again, nobody is even reporting the flooding in parts of Anambra state this year! The inhabitants of the affected areas are our people, we need to start thinking of effective and sustainable solutions to these natural occurrences! We have geographers and civil engineers in Igboland who can proffer workable solutions. I am neither but I have seen levees or setback levees in parts of New Orleans that protect the city from flooding! we can use dredged sand from the Anambra and Niger rivers to build a semi-circular setback levee and canals to protect towns like Mmiata, ogbaru etc,

If you notice the road built by Soludo was not flooded, all we need to do is pretend we are building a road on the outskirts of the affected towns. This time, we make the earth embankments at least 2 meters higher and just enclose the towns from flooding. Excess water may be channeled away by canalization into the interior to irrigate farmlands! that's my layman's suggestion anyway..........we cannot fold our hands and pretend the problem does not exist........let us challenge OURSELVES!




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AcmS7ev39c

New Orleans is below sea level which is a different issue. For Anambra flooding results either because of the River Niger overflowing into it's drainage basin or because of building on top of swamps which is natures natural drainage or poor man made drainage systems.


Anambra which is highly urbanized needs to do more sophisticated water management. Cities should have integrated underground drainage systems and direct storm and waste water to man made reservoirs where they can be treated and returned to buildings as piped water or used for irrigation or farming.

For places lying within the river basin, they should be marked free from buildings and all relocated away from it. Ogbaru, Atani, Otuocha for example.

Water especially fresh water is a massive resource that should be controlled, managed and utilized for economic purposes. Aquaculture, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality use heaps of water.

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Chikeluba25:
Young man, Gov. Willie Obiano interlocked the two gateways in ICC to car park, and intentionally leave that large space by the left hand side for future (5star Hotel). So what swampy entrance are u talking about?

I understand that frustration can make one to frame-up/believe whatever that makes them sleep well at night, but misinforming people is way too far.

Now take a close look at the dual carriage entrance from wonderland road below.

I don't need to make believe anything. My driver almost got the car stuck in the muddy place you call an entrance road when seeking parking on that far side.

I suggest you actually visit that ICC and not rely just on pictures.

Jcoleworld911:
I’m not sure you were at Anambra invest last year, cox if you’re you should have noticed that there’s another entrance gate from the other side going towards awka wonderland, the ongoing hotel is towards that side too

Then solution fun city has three entrance gate, while the express remains the major entrance

You don’t make claims you’re not sure of, desist from that, this is an educative forum. Thanks

Look I deal with engineering projects in Nigeria and interact with some of the contractors involved in these projects on ground.

The only gate into and out of the ICC is the one facing the Old Enugu Rd. The second one facing wonderland is permanently locked because it leads to a swampy part of the land.

The Fun City has one entrance gate from the expressway and something they call a service entrance leads around the back from Arthur Eze which they will be forced to convert into a main entrance since the designers never thought deeply about traffic planning.

Yes this is an educative forum not one for sychophancy. Government should always be open to criticism and I will never hesitate to point out flaws when they don't follow best practices.

Dam5reey1:
Exactly... English teacher..

Me dont know anything.

Here is a Manufacturer charging Voltage 58.4V explain why they printed this on their battery.

Example 1:

Many LiFePO4 battery manufacturers recommend 14.6 volt absorption. But, that singular recommendation doesn’t account for numerous factors like managing a larger system, battery longevity, and more. Increasingly, we are seeing good reasons to lower charge voltages to 14 volts or below.

https://panbo.com/charging-lifepo4-whats-the-impact-of-lower-voltages

Example 2:

Researchers found that keeping LFP batteries fully charged creates harmful compounds in the pack from high voltage and heat. As you cycle the pack frequently—meaning discharging and charging fully—these harmful compounds deposit onto the negative electrode, consuming lithium, causing degradation.


https://batteriesnews.com/lfp-battery-health-degrades-at-full-charge-study-finds/#google_vignette

0bjpmb:
Mktinsight the miserable night owl. Whatever you condemn always turns out good, so your opinion is useless and not needed on the projects in Anambra.
You always claim to know everything but you haven’t been able to fix your miserable life. It is only you that knows the best but you are stuck on nairaland. People that have something to offer are not sleeping on nairaland posting nonsense like you do. Get out, no one is interested in your trashy opinion.

I wasted my data responding to a low IQ nasty piece of filth like you. Just look at the rubbish you post on nairaland insulting all kinds of people:

https://www.nairaland.com/0bjpmb/posts

0bjpmb:
Mktinsight , the problem you have is that you always come off as the only person that knows everything and how best to do it? Shut up and get out because you don’t know anything.

This was how you criticized Anambra international airport and today we got it. I have learnt to know that anything you criticize is good and anything you don’t criticize is wrong.

Awka fun city has 3 entrances and it is rightly situated and properly located. Awka ICC is equally well located and has 2 entrances.

So get out because you don’t know anything.

When you lack an argument you resort to insults.

I know your type, you are poorly educated and poorly informed and any thing that pops your bubble of ignorance you start abusing instead of using it as an opportunity to learn.

You may as well hug a transformer because I ain't going anywhere. I will beat the truth into you.

0bjpmb:
Port harcourt pleasure park is located on the same axis as the Awka fun city. The road is wide enough to contain all the traffic. Awka fun city has 3 entrances. Awka ICC has 2 entrances too, one at low traffic road and the other at Uzu Awka junction. Both projects are properly planned and located.

I was at Anambra Invest last year. The entrance is directly on old Enugu Rd and it was chaos entering and leaving because it interfered with traffic plying that road which is heavy. Expect the same with Fun City.

Clearly the Anambra state Ministry of Works lacks the capacity to design projects from holistic standpoint. It shows in the flyover design in Awka where they chose left angles and convoluted underpass at amawbia, kwatta and arroma which slows and concentrates traffic. Flyovers are built to improve traffic flow and the design in the underpass should have been a roundabout.

Then rather than selecting somewhere like the vast dry ABS land close to the secretariat for the ICC they selected a swamp far from the town which required heavy and expensive sandfilling and will make the parking lot inherently unstable. Then they put the front gate in front of heavy traffic.

Or is it Onitsha Mall where they put the food court on the far end and the anchor tenant on the other and then locked up the nearest entrance to ShopRite to force people to pass by the food court?

The govt makes numerous mistake because they design projects in house with lack of foresight and competence. Going forward they need to award design of projects externally to a competent company and the construction to another competent company.The result is better for everyone.

Go and look at Agodi gardens in Ibadan for example. Designed by an internationally renowned South African company and built by a competent contractor.

As the bible says my people suffer for the lack of knowledge. There is a reason people spend decades studying and practicing architecture, engineering, soil testing, material science, urban planning things important for building projects. Anambra govt should do things properly.