The Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, has condemned the murder of Dr Chike Akunyili, widower of late Prof. Dora Akunyili.
Umahi, who is also the governor of Ebonyi, made the condemnation in a statement issued in Abakaliki on Wednesday by Mr Francis Nweze, Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity.
The governor also expressed worry over how Nigeria was losing most of its finest to attacks.
He commiserated with the people of Agulu, the Anambra Government and the entire South-East on the murder of the statesman.
Umahi appealed to security agencies to rise to the occasion and arrest all perpetrators of the dastardly act for them to face justice.
“On behalf of the Governors of the South-East, we condemn the act. It is not only barbaric, but it is also unbecoming how much human lives no longer matter in our society.
“We give security agencies a marching order to go all out to uncover and arrest all the perpetrators of this inhuman act and make them face justice,” Umahi said.
He, further, charged the people of the South-East to collaborate with relevant security apparatus, including the Ebubeagu regional security outfit, to stamp out insecurity in the zone.
Also, former Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra has described Tuesday’s killing of Dr Chike Akunyili and seven others as a sad development for the state.
Obi spoke on Wednesday in an interview with newsmen at the palace of the Traditional Ruler of Agulu Community, Igwe Innocent Obodoakor.
He said: “It is a sad situation and nobody can tell the reason our society degenerated to this level.
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According to him, the development portends grave danger, if not urgently arrested.
“The only solution to this problem is a collective attention between the people and government,” he said.
Obi said he had spoken to late Akunyili’s child abroad and other members of his immediate family.
The former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections thanked the police for taking the bodies of the deceased to the hospital after the attack.
Obodoakor also reacted to the incident, describing it as “a heartless and very condemnable act”.
He further described the deceased as “a peace-loving man and a great son of Agulu Community, who could not hurt anybody.
“This is very terrible news and I never believed that this type of thing will take place in this state”, he said.
The royal father recalled that the community had suffered seriously in the hands of death.
He cited the untimely death of the former Minister of Information and wife of the deceased, Prof. Dora Akunyili, and regretted that their children had suddenly been made orphans.
The two prominent men said the incident had thrown the entire Agulu community into mourning.
They appealed to security agencies in the country to help uncover those behind the dastardly act.
