President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of more security personnel, arms and ammunition to curb the security situation in Imo State.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma disclosed this shortly after his meeting with Buhari in Aso Villa, Abuja.
President Buhari had invited Uzodinma over the recent security situation in the state.
Buhari also invited the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, and his Chief Economic Adviser, Professor Doyin Salami over the current situation of things in the country.
Uzodinma said, “You must have heard that the President sent for me and I have gone to see him and based on issues, which we have adequately addressed, particularly the resurgence of insecurity in the Southeast and what is required to ensure that it’s properly controlled.
“We discussed all that and he took seriously my recommendations and indeed I can tell you he immediately gave approval to all that, which includes increase in manpower to security agencies and then other logistics supports, ranging from additional arms and ammunition.
“Also, we are making use of our local vigilante and the involvement of community leaders to ensure that through community arrangement, additional security is provided to the people.
“You will recall that few days ago, the home of the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo was attacked by bandits and the same night, a police station in Umuguma, Owerri West, was also attacked.
“For a very long time, if you’ll remember, we’ve never had such a situation and this happened at a time that people are already relaxed and thought that insecurity has become a thing of the past.”