I seek for professionals not favour ― Gov Umahi to security agencies 

Governor Umahi stated this when the newly posted state Commissioner of Police, CP Musa Kimo, and the Board Member representing the South East zone at the National Boundary Commission led by Mrs Ugonna Uzor-Kalu paid a courtesy visit to the state government in Abakaliki.

Umahi informed the new Commissioner of Police that Ebonyi has remained peaceful, with a good political atmosphere, low crime rate, and enjoys relative peace with neighbours, especially at its border areas. He then told the CP that the state government would not cooperate with any outfit from the security which is undone to them.

“Security operatives must be upright, professional and impartial in their approach as the state is raising a society to resist security operatives which do wrong.

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“I must confess that when you were to be posted to the state, we fought that you should not come because I was at peace with your predecessor,
Titus Lamorde.

“We fought most especially when the opposition boasted that they were the ones bringing you to fight us but we were ready to fight back and
insist that you should not come.

“We had to make some moves to stop you until someone that is highly placed told us to find out your pedigree and we discovered your forthrightness, professionalism and fear of God.

“We then had to relax, wait and watch because in this part of the world people even oppose righteousness as somebody told me that people are paid to oppose, no matter how good you are.

“It is an act of satanism for anyone to use security agencies to oppress other people and we would only work with those that are professional in their approach,” he said.

“You have a lot to fight against maintaining and improving on the existing security in the state, maintaining peace with our neighbours, especially with the elections approaching.

“You might not even have time to fight political opponents as my spirit has borne witness that you are upright and a professional,” he said.

Receiving Ugonna  Uzor-Kalu, the South East representative at the NBC, Governor Umahi, notified her of the fruitful deliberations with the Cross River governor on ways of permanently solving the boundary conflicts that had cost human and material losses.

“We are having a lot of crisis with Cross River, Benue and within the region with Enugu and Abia as the state spends a lot of money on the police, State Security Service (SSS) and army who enforce peace in these areas.

“You should solve the boundary issues we have with Enugu and Abia and liaise with the authorities in the South-South and North-Central zones
on the disputes with Cross River and Benue,” he said.

“I was the deputy governor who oversaw affairs concerning the conflict and reported that it was all noise and no motion with nothing much achieved,” he said.

In his remarks, CP Kimo, thanked the governor for receiving him and urged the Governor to maintained the cordial relationship he had with his predecessor.

Mrs Uzor-Kalu,  commended the governor for his efforts in ensuring that lasting peace pervades in warring communities of the state and those of neigbouring states.