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Nigeria: Monarch Asks FG to Cut Off Militants' Arms Supply Route
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Vanguard (Lagos)
24 March 2008
Posted to the web 24 March 2008
Emma Amaize
TRADITONAL ruler of Akwukwu-Igbo in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi David Azuka says for the Federal and state governments to sustain the relative peace that has returned to the Niger Delta, they must work hard to get rid of the channels of arms supplies to the militants.
In the words of Obi Azuka, who spoke to Vanguard in his palace during the activities to mark his 50th birthday anniversary, "Niger Delta case is a delicate one. With the newfound peace, they will continue to work hard to make sure that the channels of arms supplies to the militants are cut off or minimised to a state that it can be controlled."
"Government should also make haste to give room for most people that need jobs to have jobs. Some areas that don't have roads should have roads and those that need medical attention should be provided a place that they can go and be treated.
Generally, the government should provide them the infrastructure that they need for daily living," he said.
According to Obi Azuka: "These would help to turn many things around in the region and education is also very important because when you are educated, the way you will be behaving will be different from when you are not educated."
On the activities of some Delta Elders, led by the Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, the Akwukwu-Igbo monarch, who pointed out that royal fathers do not play politics said, "it is a pity that we are not civilised enough to know what democracy is all about.
No matter how it is done, whether you have a clear evidence of rigging or not, when the result is out, the best thing is to be by the winner, pray for him and help him to stand firm, that is what democracy is all about.
In the civilised world, once your name is announced as a winner, your opponents congratulate you and the government continues to exist but what I am seeing from the activities of the so-called elders show that we are not matured or civilised enough in the area of politics.
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It is a pity that our governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan is being distracted from the good things he is trying to do for the people but as a leader, he should also expect that to come and he should not be discouraged by it. Rather, he should be focused on what he knows is good for his people."
"The bottom line is that people that know what is happening will always be behind him, they will always behind him.
So my word of encouragement is for the governor to continue what he is doing and not be distracted and I plead with the elders to let down their arms and let us work together and move the state forward", he said.
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