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Aka Ikenga Condemns Violence

Vanguard (Lagos)
NEWS
December 4, 2004
Posted to the web December 6, 2004

By Tony Nwankwo

A prominent Igbo socio-cultural group, Aka Ikenga has condemned what it
described as the violent and crude attempts at making Anambra state
ungovernable, describing the situation as a criminal act that had been going on
with impunity. In a statement in Lagos by its Secretary-General, Barrister
Goddy Uwazurike, Aka Ikenga said Anambra State currently wears the look of
terrorist infested areas in the African continent.
"Today, Anambra State wears the look of Dafur (Sudan), Ivory Coast, Sierra
Leone, Rwanda, Congo and Liberia. These countries are receiving the efforts of
our dear President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who has spared no efforts in
roping in the combatants. We expect Anambra State to be given the same
treatment", the statement said.
They condemned the disgraceful act which they said must stop, reminding the
Nigerian people that those who were in power in the 60s, failed until it
engulfed the whole nation with millions of lives lost. The statement reminded
Anambra people who were leading the attack to burn down the State of three
immortal statements of the great Zik of Africa. According to Aka Ikenga, Zik
had said: "In the 70s: No Condition is Permanent; In the 80s: History will
vindicate the just and in the same 80s: The wicked shall never go unpunished".
The group lamented the role played by police chiefs in the violence. "To the
police chiefs, Aka Ikenga finds it strange that with the arson, looting, broad
day brigandry, bombings and unmitigated violence in Anambra State, you have
failed to arrest and prosecute the criminals", adding "If the insurgents who
daily enter the state to carry out their Satanic activities can overwhelm you,
then something is wrong!".
Reminding the police of their primary responsibility, the statement said: "The
protection of Nigerians is your primary responsibility. If Nigerians cannot be
protected, then there is a justification for the establishment of a state
police. At least, the assets and lives of people in Anambra State will be
protected", they pointed out.

   

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