Ohanaeze Ndigbo Backs Anambra Security Initiative, Assures Soludo of Support

By Praise Chinecherem

Anambra State Chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has vowed to deploy its machineries to provide support for the full implementation of the new security initiatives launched by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to address insecurity in the state.

Soludo had over the weekend announced the launch of the ‘Operation Udo Ga Achi’, and the Agunechemba Security Outfit, with the provision of security vehicles, and other equipment to the security agencies, as well as deployment of technology in the fight.

He had earlier before the launch, also signed the Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025, which not only establishes the state’s new vigilante architecture (Agunechemba), but also provides a framework for community/citizens ownership and participation in the sustainable security and social re-engineering of the state.

Speaking Monday on the initiative after officially assuming office as the Anambra State Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu described the initiatives rolled out by the state government as a welcome development that presented pathway to restoring sanity, stability and security in the state.

According to him, the recent unsavoury experiences Ndi Anambra have had to go through in the hands of criminals, required that the government takes an unprecedented action to nip the situation in the bud.

Okpalaezeukwu revealed that a close scrutiny of the State Homeland Security Law shows that it provides a legal framework to back deliberate efforts to crush insecurity permanently and de-emphasize other activities that give impetus to all kinds of heinous crimes.

“It is a welcome development because necessity is the mother of invention. Anambra has been bedeviled by so much insecurity in recent times, requiring drastic steps.

“The initiatives rolled out by Mr Governor also attests to his commitment to the foremost pillar of his administration which is security, law and order.

“I have studied the Homeland Security Law and found that it is a comprehensive legal framework meant to support the efforts of the state government towards achieving effective security of lives and properties in the state.

“The Agunechemba Security Outfit via its composition, powers and functions, is formidable and promises a lot of hopes that in no distant time, insecurity in the state will be a thing of the past,” he noted.

Okpalaezeukwu said as the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization in the state, they have deemed it necessary to take responsibility for the full implementation of the initiatives through enlightenment, and engagement of the people.

He said the organization will champion the reorientation of the people on the core values of Ndigbo, in order to ensure that they do not continue to prioritize ‘Ego Mbute’ (Get-rich-quick and Die-Young).

“There is need for us to utilize our structures across the nooks and crannies of the state, to escalate this message and also, to inform them that security is everybody’s business, as nobody is immune to insecurity.

“As long as all hands are on deck on security matters, we are sure that impact shall be maximized and purpose of absolute security of lives and property in Anambra actualized,” he maintained.