Recent security challenges witnessed in imo lately can not be far OPINION:Ak47 from act of gorrila warfare , wherein the militia group mix up with people to unleash mayhem,thereby giving security personnels tough time nipping the situation in the bud.
Yesterday’s clash between hoodlums and security operatives in orji foretolds the operational method of these unknown gun men, they present themselves as saviours of the people while in real sense they are endangering them .
Beyond sentiment, the goverment is doing everything humanly possible to nip the challenges in the bud, but the vibes and solidarity been showed up by some people to hoodlums appears to be belittling the efforts of the present goverment and moreso projecting it as either been overwhelmed or going against it’s citizens.
The video clips from orji yesterday is a clear example, the hoodlums struck and on sighting the presence of the security operatives ran into the crowd of innocent people ignorantly hailing them for destabilizing the peace of the state.
No goverment would tolerate activities as such that causes tension, disturbs peace, and endangers lives and properties.
Regrettably, families whose brothers were arrested in the cause of returning normalcy has continued to project the Goverment in bad light, forgetting that when issues at this occurs everybody within the scene remains a suspect until proven otherwise.
Who would have believed the faces unmasked so far by the police as accomplices to crime, could engage in such dastardly act, by sheer sentiment their faces appeared innocent but in reality they are not .
The Goverment would continue to make concerted efforts to restore peace, in doing so, toes would be stepped upon, security intelligence would prevail over wishful thinking and assumptions.
Let’s desist from worsening the security challenges at hand through uninformed utterances, the goverment is for the people, no where in world had unknown gun worked for the betterment of the people.
Shared Prosperity requires shared responsibility, do your part and government will do her own
Sam Obi is public affairs analyst, he writes from Owerri the Imo state Capital