South East Governors have revealed that the South East states will begin a joint security patrol to check rising insecurity.
They deplored rising cases of kidnapping and attacks on security agents in the Zone.
Southeast Governors Forum Chairman and Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said the forum would do everything to secure the region.
Governor Umahi who disclosed this during a chat with reporters after a virtual meeting of the governors, assured everybody residing in Igboland of their safety irrespective of ethnic affiliation.
The Governor disclosed that they agreed that the Southeast security committee would be expanded, and that this year, they were going to have a common patrol.
The governors regretted that two days ago, two policemen were allegedly killed in Imo State, with their riffles taken away.
He also noted that there was a kidnap case along Enugu and Ebonyi border recently, calling on leaders of Southeast to rise above political sentiments to speak out and to condemn the acts.
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