Kalu opens up on incessant attacks in Southeast

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has bemoaned the incessant attacks on properties in the South-East region by “unknown miscreants who are interested in making lives miserable for the South Easterners.”

The region in recent times has been a theatre of war between security forces and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

In the ensuing melee, several police stations and other properties have been destroyed including the country home of Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo state and lives lost on both sides.

Orji Kalu via a statement issued on Sunday, in the wake of the attack at the country home of Uzodimma, he stated that continuous raiding of police stations and destruction of property by unknown gunmen calls for decisive action.

He appealed to the Federal Government to rescue the state from the siege of “unknown gunmen”.

Kalu further expressed worries about the security of the average citizen considering the brazen attack on Uzodinma’s property and administration.

“If the home of a state governor can be so brazenly attacked and set ablaze, what would they not do to the home of ordinary citizens,” Kalu queried.

However, he urged the Governor to ensure increased security presence across the state in order to tackle the scourge.

“The attack should rather cause the Governor to beef up security and welfare for the citizens of the state,” he said.