There are plans to incite war in South-East – Governor Umahi

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has revealed plans of some persons to incite war in the South East.

During an interview on Channels Television's Sunrise Daily, Gov Umahi said gunmen have been parading themselves as Eastern Security Network (ESN) to commit crimes in the South-East part of the country.

He cautioned governors to be on guard for persons planning to perpetrate such illegality.

"The problem of this country is that people will leave their problems and make your problem their problem. But what some of these people are doing is to incite the southeast into war and step aside, and we are not going to buy into that; we are not going to be deceived again," he said.

"Whether it inspires confidence or not, it does not matter to me. What matters to me is that our people will be satisfied with our efforts in protecting their lives and property. People must be cautious and know that there are grand plans by people who have no interest in the southeast, to incite them into war and we are wiser than that."

Governor Umahi noted that the only recognised security outfit in the region is the recently launched Ebube Agu, adding that he and his fellow governors from Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo are ready to fight insecurity in the region.

"Ebube Agu is to protect the lives of everyone in the South-East."

In recent times, the eastern part of the country has been faced with attacks from shooters assail residents, police formations and prisons, freeing thousands of inmates.

As a result of these attacks, governors within this region mobilised and launched a security outfit to assist in fighting crimes in the area.