Ribadu to Mbah: You’re doing a good job, security going back to normal in Enugu

Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser, has commended Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu, for fighting  insecurity in the state. 

Speaking at the official commissioning of the EFCC Enugu zonal command complex on Tuesday, Ribadu reiterated the federal government’s commitment to the war against insecurity and corruption across the country.

Ribadu said the Bola Tinubu administration has no room for corrupt EFCC officers and law enforcement agents.

“Your excellency, the governor, we want to thank you so much for the good work you are doing, not just for Enugu state, but for our country,” Ribadu said.

‘Things are changing. We are getting better here and things are improving. You are one of the very, very few that has shown that, indeed, it is possible.

“Security is getting back to normalcy in Enugu state and, by extension, the south-east. And you are in the forefront of it.

“We recognise that and thank you for the good work you are doing. The economy is improving. It is clear. You are addressing insecurity. You are engaging.

“We believe that with leaders like you, the human challenges and the typical things we had to face in the past will certainly be put behind us.”

Ribadu said before the Mbah administration, the state was plagued by different criminal activities.

“We were here in June and we had an interaction with the governor, and he came out strongly and courageously,” he said.

“He said that he would do his best to restore order. Today, based on our own records and statistics – because we get daily reports of activities – there are lots of instances or days or even weeks and more that we have not recorded one single violence or incident of either terrorism or even kidnapping.

“Unfortunately, before the coming of this administration, police stations were being attacked, law enforcement people were being attacked. People were giving selfish orders.

“Those who are not even in Nigeria will sit somewhere in the comfort of the countries where they live and be giving instructions that people should not go to work; should not go out to look for their own livelihood and people used to take such orders.

“But no more; it is no longer happening. We thank the leaders who have emerged in the south-east and we thank the federal government for engagement.”

He urged the people of the state to keep supporting the governor.

‘WE WANT TO MAKE ENUGU ONE OF THE THREE TOP STATES IN NIGERIA’

On his part, Mbah asked the EFCC to strengthen the war against corruption and insecurity.

“We hereby enjoin the security agencies and EFCC to sustain their good work to ensure that Enugu state and Nigeria as a whole are finally able to consign the memories of insecurity to distant history,” Mbah said.

“The opening of this office reconfirms our commitment as a nation to sustain the war against corruption.

“With this in mind, considering the objective of this administration to make Enugu one of the top 3 states in Nigeria in terms of GDP and achieve a zero percent rate in the poverty head count, it is clear that corruption has to be brought down to a barest minimum within the state.”

Also speaking, Ola Olukoyede, EFCC chairman, charged the officers to raise the ante by utilising the facilities and resources at their disposal in the war against corruption to redeem the nation’s image.