Following the security challenges witnessed in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State recently, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Saturday, convened an emergency security meeting with stakeholders of Eha+-Amufu, all heads of security agencies in the local government and the council chairman, Hon. Jacob Abonyi, with the stakeholders assuring that Ugwuanyi’s intervention would solve the problem in the community.
The governor had convened the meeting to resolve the recent security challenges that erupted in Mgbuji Village, Eha-Amufu.
Addressing newsmen at the end of the closed-door meeting held at Government House, Enugu, Bishop of Eha-Amufu Diocese (Anglican Communion), Rt. Rev. Daniel Olinya, said that “the meeting was a successful one”.
“We discussed and the decisions reached today, we are very sure are going to solve the problem”, Olinya said..
He commended Ugwuanyi for his intervention saying, “our governor has done what he is supposed to do.
“Those of us from Eha-Amufu are going to do our own as we go back and we are sure that from this time onward, by the grace of God, Eha-Amufu problem will be solved.
“God is going to help us and everything will be well. We are very grateful for what the governor has done. Worthy contributions from all our people”.
Speaking, a Community Leader in Mgbuji and former President General of the Mgbuji Autonomous Community, Chief Eric Ebeh, thanked Ugwuanyi for all he has been doing for the people of the area in particular and Isi-Uzo Locsl Government Area in general, pointing out that governor’s current intervention has again showcased his strength and capability.
“This is because after this security meeting I am sure that all the problems of Eha-Amufu and Mgbuji Autonomous Community will come to an end. And I pray that God will continue to give him (Ugwuanyi) the strength, understanding and ability to continue to govern Enugu State because I still believe as you said that Enugu State is in the Hands of God”, Ebeh said.
Adding his voice, the President General of Mgbuji Autonomous Community, Chukwuma Edeh, commended Ugwuanyi for his kind intervention.
He said, “For the meeting His Excellency convened today to resolve the challenges in my community, going forward we know that the challenges have been stemmed”.
Edeh disclosed that it was established that the problem in Eha-Amufu was influenced both internally and externally.
The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Police Command, Abubakar Lawal, visited the area, alongside the Commander of 82 Division Garrison Command of the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Chris Ataki and the State Director of Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Habu Daluwa.
The on-the-spot assessment of Mgbuji Village, according to a statement released by the Enugu State Police Command, “enabled the Commissioner of Police and the Security Chiefs to jointly assess, strategize and put in place immediate measures to avert further occurrence of the incidence and other heinous criminal acts, allegedly perpetrated by miscreants suspected to have intruded into the area from border communities in Benue State”.
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, an indigene of Isi-Uzo LGA, Hon. Augustine Nnamani, the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Ortunaya, the Commissioner for Environment who hails from Eha-Amufu, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo were present at the meeting.
