Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo, on Thursday, paid a visit to the burnt Nnewi South Local Government secretariat in Ukpor, where some unknown gunmen wrecked mayhem on Wednesday night. ayokinews.com reports
Some unknown gunmen had stormed the state’s local government headquarters and set fire to several buildings, completely razing them down to the ground.
Soludo, who visited the scene, condemned the attack, noting that the incident doesn’t define the true nature of Anambra people.
Speaking at the scene, the governor pondered who would be the loser, if youngsters, under whatever pretext, continued to destroy public infrastructure built with tax payers’ money.
He used the opportunity to pay respect to police officers slain during his campaign in Aguata in 2021 when unknown gunmen attacked him.
Releasing a statement on his visit, Soludo said: “I was at Ukpor, the Nnewi South LGA Headquarters and the scene of last night’s attack by some arsonists. This mindless bloodletting and destruction of infrastructure does not define who we are! Nothing can justify these acts of criminality.”
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“As I looked at what is left of the rubbles, I asked myself, “in all this, who loses?”. Structures built from the taxes paid by the genuinely hard-working men and women on the streets are ruined for reasons that are incomprehensible to sane minds.”
“The resources that should have been deployed to providing more for struggling tax payers, would now be channeled into reconstructing these destroyed buildings and rebuilding missing records. It is very impossible to make any meaningful progress this way.”
“Quite frankly, ndi Anambra cannot be repressed by a few criminal elements. Our resolve to entrench law and order is total, no amount of wanton destruction will cower us.”
“I remember with a deep sense of grief, the three gallant police officers – Inspector Murtala Saudi, Sgt. Mudassir Ahmed, and Sgt. Samuel Ishaya, who lost their lives to the Unknown Gunmen who attacked us at a meeting with the youths in my village on this day last year.”
“We pledge to continue to take care of their families, and for their sake and many others who lost their lives to the sheer wickedness of a few misguided people, we shall not relent in our effort to make Anambra Liveable and Prosperous.”
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