Abia Unfortunate With Bad Leaders — Chief Ikoh

A stalwart of APC in Abia state, Chief Ndukwe Ikoh has expressed dissatisfaction with leadership quality in the state.

He said the state is unfortunate to have individuals who are naturally greedy and corrupt, without any space in their hearts to think about the welfare of the people.

Speaking with newsmen recently, the industrialist who said this took a dangerous turn since 2009 insisted that it has affected the development of the state.

“Abia and Aba has remained largely a state and of course a city passing as a bad example for a placing lacking in good governance because of malfeasance of the people in power.

“We have been very unlucky to have people in government who went in as poor people but became billionaires while in power, themselves, family and friends. Naturally, Corrupt and greedy minds don’t have space to think anything good. That has been the bane of Abia especially since around 2009” Ikoh said.

While expressing solidarity with the Nigerian youths over the #EndSARS protest, he described the operational method of the defunct SARS unit as brutal, extrajudicial, inhumane, and corrupt, adding that disbanding the unit was in the interest of Nigerians.

“No matter the color or name change, what works in any system is good operational methodology. Training, paradigm aliangment, motivation, and institutional ethics will strive with good authority. We need to overhaul our institutions to meet the present secular needs. That is restructuring” he said.

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Ikoh also drummed support for what he called foundational restructuring, saying an overhaul of the entire system of governance will pave way for meaningful structural changes in the Nigerian police.

“Remember the function of the police which is to secure life and property, maintain law and order and enforce law. The force derives its power to function from other arms of government. So the fountain of authority must be sanitized for you can think of new police. It’s a common-sense” he added.