{"id":116378,"date":"2025-02-13T23:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=116378"},"modified":"2025-02-13T23:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:55:17","slug":"two-lawmakers-killed-under-your-watch-igbo-youths-knock-soludo-demand-his-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/two-lawmakers-killed-under-your-watch-igbo-youths-knock-soludo-demand-his-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Two lawmakers killed under your watch \u2013 Igbo youths knock Soludo, demand his resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL has urged the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo to tender his resignation over his alleged failure to tackle the security crisis bedeviling the state.<\/p>\n<p>COSEYL, in a statement issued on Thursday by its President General, Goodluck Ibem expressed concerns over the recent surge in killings, kidnapping, robbery and other criminal activities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The group described the development as unfortunate, alleging that the \u201cresponsibility given to Governor Soludo by the electorates to secure lives and properties has been misused\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, under the governor\u2019s watch, \u201ctwo sitting Anambra State House of Assembly members were kidnapped and gruesomely killed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ibem lamented that such incidents have not been recorded in the state since its creation.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads, \u201cIllustrious sons and daughters of the state are kidnapped in broad daylight, some unlucky ones are killed even after paying ransom to the criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur revered priests are not left out as they are also killed by these criminal elements causing mayhem in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Charles Soludo has failed woefully in his primary responsibility of providing security for life and property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe must resign within 7 days of this notice to give room for a more capable hand to manage the affairs of the State and recover the State from the hands of criminal elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Governor Soludo fails to heed to this warning, we will have no option than to mobilize a 1 million man March Protest in the state and we will not vacate the streets and roads until he resigns as the governor of Anambra State\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL has urged the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo to tender his resignation over his alleged failure to tackle the security crisis bedeviling&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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