South East govs to deliberate on new regional security – Uzodimma

hitherto, the governors had agreed and put in place arrangements to set up the Eastern Security Network (ESN), but the name was hijacked by the members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB)

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said that governors of the five South Eastern states will be meeting in Owerri to fashion out modalities for the setting up of a security outfit for the region.

Uzodimma, who disclosed this at a meeting with members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Owerri Saturday, said that hitherto, the governors had agreed and put in place arrangements to set up the Eastern Security Network (ESN), but the name was hijacked by the members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), who used the outfit to commit a lot of mayhem.

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The summit, the governor said, will take a holistic assessment of the security situation in the region and determine the best solution to tackle the issue, especially after the fiasco of the ESN.

Uzodimma said that the governors would not want to be a copycat, especially with the pressure put on them after the formation of Amotekun by the South West governors, adding that the new outfit will be different from others.