Ahmad Lawan, Senate President has described the recent attacks on public assets in Imo state as an attempt to distract the government. He expressed that such actions can lead to the insurgency.
He made this remark while speaking on Friday in Owerri where he inaugurated a road project. Lawan stated that those attacking government assets are enemies of the people.
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“We have been experiencing insecurity recently, especially in Imo state — the jailbreak, burning of police headquarters, and so on and so forth.
“These may be attempts by enemies of the people to distract this administration or indeed the government of the federal republic of Nigeria,” Lawan was quoted to have said in a statement by Ola Awoniyi, his spokesman.
“When a government program or project is vandalized, when a government institution is vandalized and burnt, those doing so are enemies of the people.
“This is in the public interest and therefore for anyone, whosoever that person is, to go and release prisoners or burn down the correctional center otherwise known as a prison, is No. 1 enemy of the people.
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“Our security agencies need more resources to ensure that we are all protected and life is secured, as well as our property. We will continue to support our security agencies in partnership with the executive arm of government.
“This is so important because this kind of attitude — this kind of insurrection — can lead to the insurgency. We have witnessed that in the northeast.”
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