Their languor presents Ebube Agu with a possible public trust deficit and immediately pits it against the illegal Eastern Security Network floated by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra separatist group. Instead, playing politics, the South-East governors aligned with the diversionary and stillborn federal “community policing” project, forgetting that protection of lives and property is their first duty. Ebube Agu, therefore, has a difficult task ahead and success will depend on the resolve and sincerity of the governors. The states should quickly send bills to their respective parliaments to give Ebube Agu legal backing; the ban on open grazing of cattle should also be backed by law and enforced. Whatever achievements are made by regional outfits will result in permanent, effective policing only when state policing comes to stay.

Source: Punch April 21, 2021 23:14 UTC