….Condemns inspite of killings in Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi etc.
The Tik Tag Security Vanguard (TSAV), has lamented that the 2022 Christmas and New Year season was the worst ever celebrated in the South East due to high incidence of insecurity and killings in the zone.
The group in a statement yesterday said : ” This 2022 Christmas and New Year season in Igbo land was the worst ever because of insecurity. People refused to come home and those who managed to come lied low for fear of being kidnapped and assassinated”.
In the statement signed by the group’s president, Bar Nnamdi Onaya, TSAV said that true to the fear criminals which go under various names : Unknown Gun Men (UGM), Fulani Herdsmen and local armed criminals took over the entire South East during the yuletide.
They said Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State was no go area during the yuletide as criminals had field day robbing and maiming their unsupecting victims.
The Tik Tag Security Vanguard said that their investigation showed that the criminals unleashed their attacks on their victims as early as 6pm with security operatives standing by but unable to put them in check especially the killing of Obosi Community leader and 8 other citizens in Awka and environs .
“Infact by 6pm it is difficult to see any Police in and around Upper Iweka and even if they are around, they hardly come to the rescue of the victims” lamented the group.
In other parts of the State like Anambra Central and South Senatorial zone people were being kidnapped almost on daily basis but unreported.
But the crime activities were not only limited to Anambra State, said the group, as the story was not different in other parts of the zone.
Kidnappers, Fulani Herdsmen and other criminals had field day unleashing attack on the the people in Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu and Abia States.
Unfortunately, said the group,the security operatives’s response to the precarious situation was to erect road blocks which became extortionist points
” But crime has gone beyond road setting up road blocks.Our security operatives need to be more proactive and deploy high level of intelligence. Crime in the zone is not only limited to Indigenous People’s of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN),most of whom have resorted to kidnappings, car snatching as a way of making easy money” said the youth group.
They challenged the Governors of the zone to rise up to their responsibilities by thinking outside the box.
The youth group suggested the overhaul of security apparatus in the South East especially the Police and the military. as well as improving their logistics and financial support.
The Youth Vanguard also called for the streghtening and overhaul of South East vigilantes to provide support for the regular security operatives.
