The lawmaker representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, Senator Victor Umeh, bares his mind on the insecurity in the South-east, the continued detention of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu and raised concerns about the 2025 appropriation bill before the National Assembly. Charles Ajunwa brings the excerpts

The South-east is regarded as the worst hit by the growing insecurity in the country. What is your take on this?

Well, in Nigeria today, insecurity is not just a South-east problem, it’s a national problem. Insecurity has posed so many challenges to Nigeria as a nation across the geo-political zones. If you look at the past few years, you see that Nigeria has faced very tormentous and enormous security challenges, in the North-east, in the North-west, in the North-central, in the South-east, it is the South-west and the South-south that may appear relatively less insecure, but there are incidents of insecurity across the whole country in the South-west. I remember when one church in Owo (Ondo State) was attacked and worshipers were all massacred there. It’s an insecurity problem. The same thing with other areas like in the Niger Delta where some soldiers were killed somewhere in Delta State.

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