Members of the National Assembly have decried the abduction of a lawmaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka.
Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha North 1 at the State Assembly was abducted by some unknown gunmen on December 24, 2024, while on his way to spend the Christmas holiday with his family.
One month after Azuka’s abduction , lawmakers of the National Assembly have condemned the silence of the Anambra State government and the security agencies on the matter.
Stating that the prolonged silence by the government over his abduction has become unbearable, the lawmakers said it was time to speak out.
The leader of the LP lawmakers at the National Assembly, Afam Ogene in a statement said the party’s caucus expresses deep concern over the prolonged captivity of Azuka.
Ogene said: “It is time to bring sanity back to Anambra State, which has disturbingly become an open and ungoverned crime enclave.
“Even more repugnant is the criminal silence of Hon. Azuka’s colleagues in not taking the state government to task in the search for the rescue of one of their own.
“The level of carnage going on in Anambra on a daily basis is heart-rending. People live in fear as a result of the growing insecurity,” Ogene said.
Further condemning the growing bloodletting in the state, he called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo and the security agencies to immediately swing into action.
“The crime that is reported in the state is just a tiny fraction of the horrendous insecurity reality in Anambra. That’s the brutal truth.
“The horrific experiences of kidnapping survivors in Anambra underscore the dire need for improved security in the state,” he added.
