Declaration of South-East as a red zone by ministries means what is due to us would be difficult to come – Governor Umahi

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has raised an alarm of the South-East region of the country being declared as a red-zone by ministries due to insecurity. Umahi while inaugurating the leadership of the south-east traditional rulers council in Abakiliki on Tuesday September 21, said the declaration means federal projects and other things due to the zone will be difficult to come to it.

Stressing that it is time for the zone’s leaders and people to collectively say no to the killings in the region, Umahi stated that the agitation for secession has been hijacked by cultists, kidnappers and other criminal elements. According to him, there is need for re-evaluation of the agitation and a permanent halt to the incessant bloodshed

He said; “The declaration of south-east as a red zone by these ministries means that what is due to us would be difficult to come. It is time for the zone’s leaders and people to collectively say no to the killings in the zone because we no longer see the real agenda of the agitations.

“The people should support governors from the zone and other leaders to permanently stop this bloodshed because we know the parents and communities of the perpetrators of the heinous acts. It is presently difficult for trucks with goods from other parts of the country to come to the zone as we did not harmonise adequately to determine areas of comparative advantage.”