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Agunechemba’: Sarkin Hausawa Amawbia Preaches Peace, Order In Anambra

Independent 2025/2/16

ONITSHA – The leader of Hausa commu­nity in Amawbia (Sarkin Hau­sawa Amawbia), Alhaji Mah­mud Sani-Garba, has hailed Governor Charles Soludo for the new security initiative to protect life and property of the citizenry and expressed the hope that it would ush­er in peace and public order. While urging the new recruits to work within the confines of the law establishing the outfit, he called on the operatives not to take law into their hands.

Sani-Garba called on the state government to include the Hausa community in the decision-making organ of the new security initiative in or­der to exercise effective and better monitoring, control and influence over their members’ movement. He promised that non-indigenes, particularly the Hausa com­munity members would co­operate with the government and ensure the success of the initiative by being law-abiding.

According to him, the Agu n’eche mba” security outfit, will assist the police and oth­er sister security agencies to prevent crimes and combat security challenges, thereby providing an enabling environ­ment for the state government to concentrate and increase the pace of work on infrastruc­ture and other developmental strides.

The Hausa community leader said the new policing outfit is a new year package which Soludo is giving to the indigenes and residents in the state and prayed for peace and harmony among them . Sani-Garba appealed to both the federal and state governments to show more concern to the fallen he­roes who laid down their lives for the survival of the country and its members, stressing that adequate compensation be laid to the family members they left behind.

It would be recalled that last week, Anambra State Gover­nor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo inaugurated a new com­munity policing outfit called “Agu na eche mba,” (Lion that protects community) in Awka, the State capital.

The launch was part of mea­sures put in place by the state government to check the kill­ings, kidnappings, Yahooplus and other crimes in the state.

Prior to the inauguration, Soludo had mooted the idea of the flag off of “Operation Udo ga achi” (Operation Let Peace Reign) as a response to take back the state.

At its plenary last Thursday, the Hon. Somtochukwu Udeze-led legislature received and considered an executive bill entitled “Anambra State Home­land Security Bill” which was passed into law and made ef­fectively operational January 17 2025.

The bill to establish “Agu n’eche mba” and provide for the maintenance of internal security and order in the state repealed the 2015 Anambra State Vigilante Law.

In a joint press conference with the Chairmen and mem­bers of the House Committee on Media and Publicity and the Committee on Information, the Chairman of the Commit­tee on Media, Hon. Ejike Oke­chukwu, said the law empow­ered the presidents-general of communities to make regular security reports.

The other aspects of the law included the requirement of valid means of identification from lodgers in hotels across the state, landlords to have details of intending tenants, and of action against unex­plainable wealth, okite, and “ezenwanyi” (priesthood) prac­tices relating to money rituals, thereby propagating the narra­tive of quick money.

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