Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has assured residents and visitors in the state of their safety, stressing that his administration had placed security agencies on red alert to forestall security breaches to safeguard life and property. 
 
The governor, who further enjoined them to ignore everything about sit-at-home in the state, said the state government was doing everything necessary to liaise with neighbouring states to dislodge criminals from their hideouts. 
 
Mbah gave these assurances, yesterday, in Enugu, at a meeting with the Presidents General of autonomous communities in the state. The traditional rulers expressed support for the governor on his decision to end the illegal sit-at-home order, being enforced by hoodlums, to make the state attractive to investors. He bemoaned the devastating impact of the sit-at-home practice, saying that his administration would deal ruthlessly with criminal elements disturbing peace of the state. 
 
Mbah pointed out that there is a connection between sit-at-home and poverty among the people, warning that security operatives would continue to strike hooligans, who are victimising the public over a wrong and unjustifiable cause. 
 
He wondered why some people, sitting in the comfort of their homes somewhere overseas, would be hurting innocent people in a sponsored bid to destabilise the region. The governor added that it’s only those living in delusion that would hide under the guise of fighting for Nnamdi Kanu’s release to commit atrocities. 
 
Mbah reiterated his resolve to make the state attractive to private investors, create jobs, train youths on digital transformation and restore lost glory. He said: “It is time to take ownership of our future. It’s time to say enough is enough to this menace, because we’re using the sit-at-home to marginalise ourselves. How does this illegal sit-at-home affect the Federal Government, or the economic planning in Abuja? Don’t be deceived by people who want to make you believe they’re fighting your cause. They’re criminals sponsored to destabilise our state, our region and our people. We must resist them. We must erase everything about sit-at-home from our memories and go back to our culture of industry, creativity and commerce.”