Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has declared that the state was wining the conflict towards sit-at-home enforcers and would by no means take orders from folks he described as murderers and enemies of Igbo land.
Mbah stated there was no approach Enugu might develop into the premier vacation spot for funding, residing, and tourism or its economic system grown from $4.4 billion to $30 billion when the folks have been nonetheless speaking about or taking orders from faceless individuals outdoors our state, insisting “we cannot be defeated by evil and we must not allow that to happen”.
The Governor urged concerted efforts by the media group and Enugu folks towards scaremongering and pretend information, which he described as the most recent resort by the sit-at-home promoters, having misplaced their capability to inflict havoc on lives and property as was beforehand the case on account of reenergised safety measures utilized by the federal government and safety businesses for the reason that ban on Monday sit-at-home within the state.
Mbah spoke throughout his maiden media chat with Enugu-based newsmen and media executives on the Government House, Enugu, on the weekend.
The Governor urged the newsmen to be skilled of their obligation by seizing the chance introduced by investigative and fashionable journalism to fact-check and confirm the authenticity of data earlier than feeding them to the general public.
“The truth is that we have won the actual war against sit-at-home enforcers and murderers out to destroy Enugu State and Igboland. We have unleashed the security resources on them and they have been thoroughly defeated and discomfited.
“Because they no longer have the capacity to unleash terror on lives and property of Ndi Enugu, that is why they have now resorted to scaremongering, peddling of fake news, and all manner of dramas to instil fear in our people and control their minds and actions.
“We practice democracy. We can never allow murderers and terrorists to dictate to us. We must not allow those who do not have the mandate of the people dictate for us how to live our lives; when to go out; when to close our businesses and when to sit at home.
“What we are facing now are media terrorists using the social media to instigate fear and peddle fake news. We must not allow them to succeed. It is totally unacceptable. Nobody can make you inferior without your consent. These hoodlums are very few compared to our numbers. We cannot be taking instructions from hooligans.
“We must not allow those without our mandate tell us how to live our lives. We have a duty to ensure that we flush them out in all directions. They have no stake in the affairs of our state.
“It is, therefore, our responsibility to re-orientate our people to start coming out and going about their normal businesses. We have a duty to kill fake news and counter it with our superior pen and media.
“Therefore, as we are leaving here, we must begin to tell our people the right thing; that nobody can make them inferior without their consent; that we can’t be cowed by the cowardly acts of a few people,” the governor declared.
Meanwhile, Mbah urged the folks to not be deceived by those that use the identify of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a canopy for his or her criminalities, noting that Mazi Kanu had since expressed his displeasure on the enforcement of sit-at-home and consequent havocs on Igbo land.
Mbah stated the state was equally exploring the choice of dragging each the instigators and enforcers of violence and unlawful sit-at-home order within the State earlier than the International Criminal Court (ICC) within the Hague to reply to the crimes towards humanity, noting that within the twenty first Century, no one ought to be allowed to remain in a single a part of the world to get pleasure from life whereas inflicting deaths and pains in different components.
“As media people, it is important you educate our people for them to know that these sit-at-home enforcers are not after Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s welfare or freedom. We must be able to separate the two.
“Ndigbo are on one page in demanding for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. I have also seen the President over this matter. Other Igbo leaders have made the same demand and we are not relenting.
“However, the so-called sit-at-home enforcers are mere criminals and our people must face them frontally”
The Governor additionally disclosed that know-how had already been deployed to ensure security of residents, saying there have been now not hideouts for criminals within the state.
While responding, members of the media group lauded the efforts of the federal government in stamping out insecurity, providing recommendations on the right way to deliver lasting peace and safety to the state.
They expressed their readiness to collaborate with and help the federal government to realize its plans for the folks, promising that they might play pivotal function to make sure the folks return again to work by means of their reviews.
