Okenyi Kenechi
Following the launch of Amotekun and Ebubeagu by South West and South-East leaders, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged governors of the six South-South states to set up a regional security outfit that will help in securing lives and property.
The party said farmers in the region live in fear of marauding herdsmen.
Chief Dan Orbih, the vice-chairman of the PDP (South-South) stated this in Port Harcourt on Thursday during a courtesy visit to governor Nyesom Wike.
He noted under the APC-led Federal government, Nigerians were no longer safe.
He said: “I must report to you that in the South-South, most of our people cannot go to farms. If our people cannot access their farms, it is a clear signal of the impending food crisis we are going to face in this nation.
“Looking at the country today, different areas are advocating for a conference where we can sit down and address the problems we are facing.
“The Yorubas have formed the group called the Amotekun to protect their people. The Igbos has done the same. Today, I feel the South-South should come together to take steps to protect our people.”
Wike, in his remarks, lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government for its inability to resolve security challenges.
The governor called on patriotic nationalists to rescue the country from disintegration, insisting the ruling party “does not care if dead bodies litter everywhere”.
According to him, it had become obvious the Federal Government lacked feelings about the people and never cared about the rising deaths in the country.
He said: “APC governors have come out to say the present APC federal government will solve the security problems. But every day people are dying. When will they solve the problems?
“Own up and say to Nigerians, we have failed on the promises that we made to you. And honourably say, as it is done in other advanced countries, that since we cannot perform and carry out the covenant we have with Nigerians, we have decided to quit.
“Every reasonable Nigerian, every nationalist who believes in this country should come up and make sure this country moves forward, if not it is going to affect everybody.”
Wike noted since there was no honour among public office holders, the Federal Government would not own up to its failures in handling issues of insecurity.
He enjoined Nigerians to also brace up and use their voter cards to remove the APC at the appropriate time.
“If Nigeria is a nation where honour and integrity are valued, the present APC-led Federal Government which does not care even if dead bodies are littering on all the roads in the country will honourably quit power,” he said.
