Basil Ejidike, chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, says the party will secure the state if its candidate is elected as governor.
Ejidike said this on Wednesday, in an interview with NAN in Awka, the state capital.
Andy Uba, a former senator representing Anambra south, is the APC flagbearer for the November 6 governorship election.
The chairman lamented that political killings had resurfaced in Anambra, adding that security is at its lowest ebb in the state.
He blamed the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for its “insensitivity to the plight of the citizens”, and said if the party’s governorship candidate wins the election, APC will “deploy all its arsenal to stop insecurity in the state”.
According to him, the current administration has left the bad situation to linger, because it did not have the ability nor the will to tackle security challenges.
“Security should be a primary provision by a reasonable government to its citizenry. Government now hunts down people who do not believe in its governance, instead of providing security,” he said.
The APC chairman condemned the recent killing of Alex Edozieuno, a former traditional ruler of Mkpunando, Anambra east LGA, and his driver.
“Edozieuno recently joined APC and since then, as a trusted party member and grassroots person, had promised to deliver the party in his area,” he said.
“The man was still serving the suspension order of the government and was replaced by another person. APGA knows his political worth and was afraid of his actions since he joined APC.
“Our people can talk and talk, do all sorts of things but as Igbo, we value the sanctity of life and regard human lives.
“We have never seen this type of killing in Anambra, that is why we raised alarm.”
Ejidike said the APC would do everything to change the narrative of politics in the Anambra electoral process and bring security mechanisms that would work in the state.
See people wet never stop insecurity for Zamfara, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Yobe, Borno and Plateau States wey dem dey govern, na Anambra wey no get insecurity, na him dey come talk. Na wa ooo.
Is it not damn too IRONICAL that, the headquarters of insecurity in Nigeria is APC controlled states and they are boasting of stopping insecurity in Anambra State if they win? Imagine the insecurity in Imo State also an APC controlled state. This APC does not have any shame in them. In fact, they lack conscience. In saner and more civilised climes, they would have been stoned out of office.