Ahead of the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State, Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Sunday said security has improved across the South-East state.
The governor, who is seeking a second term of four years in office, said that as opposed to what he met when he came into office, people can now sleep with both eyes closed.
He said eight councils, including Ihiala, which were “no-go areas” when his administration came on board, had been recovered from non-state actors.
This, he said, resulted from his resolve to protect lives and property as part of the five-point agenda of his administration.
“You had a state where, before we came into office, nobody could even wear anything that suggests you are a politician, and so on. Dr. (Chike) Akunyili was killed simply because he had a policeman in his car.
“Most of the police stations were burnt down, and even soldiers were decimated by these criminal elements.
“Eight local governments you couldn’t travel to, you couldn’t get there. And now, everybody can sleep with their two eyes closed,” Soludo said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
“Come down to Anambra; everybody is moving around. Even the most dreaded local government, which is Ihiala, where we couldn’t even have an election.
“Today, INEC has done its registration smoothly in all the 326 wards in Anambra,” he added.
According to him, those observing the sit-at-home ‘order’ were doing so personally, and not because of insecurity in the state.
“Monday sit-at-home thing is largely over here in Anambra; anybody sitting at home now is doing so out of his own preference, not because of insecurity as it were, because everywhere is secure on Mondays,” he stated.
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