A communique has been issued by the South-East governors and heads of security agencies at the end of the first South-East Security Summit held yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Below are the resolved submissions on the communique as posted on the the official Facebook handle of His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State:
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY SOUTH EAST
GOVERNORS AND HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES AT THE END OF THE FIRST SOUTH EAST
SECURITY SUMMIT HELD IN OWERRI ON SUNDAY APRIL 11th 2021
After exhaustive discussions on the
current security challenges in the South East and with valuable contributions
from participants at the first South East security summit in Owerri on this day
Sunday April 11th 2021, it was resolved as follows:
1. To strongly and unequivocally
condemn terrorism and banditry in any part of Nigeria, particularly in the
South East. The meeting strongly condemns the burning of police stations,
violent attacks on custodial centres with the unlawful release of inmates, and
the killings including security personnel, natives/
farmers and headsmen.
2. That the five South East states are
on the same page with the federal government on the issue of security
challenges in the country. To this end,
the meeting makes it absolutely clear that the South east will stand resolutely with the federal
government to fight terrorists and
bandits to a finish
3. That the political leadership in the South East
has resolved to bring together all the arsenals at their command, as one united
zone, to fight and flush out criminals and terrorist from the zone.