By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY – THE Edo State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Paul Ohonbamu has condemned the gory tale painted about the state by the member representing Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben Federal Constituency in the House of Representative, Hon. Marcus Onobun that the State government is overwhelmed by the frequent killings and rising insecurity in the state.

Onhnabmu in a statement on Thursday said as much as the Legislator was performing his duties by drawing the attention of the Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas to the security situation in Edo State, it is not true that the state governor is overwhelmed by the situation which he said is receiving urgent attention by the Governor Monday administration

The Commissioner said “The security of lives and property of the people is one of the cardinal goals of the governor who swiftly moved to ameliorate the lapses created by the past administration of former governor Godwin Obaseki with the necessary provision of the working tools for the security agencies

“There is nowhere in the world that the citizens are not grappling with the issue of security and a responsible government is saddled with the responsibility to ensure that the people are safe and that is exactly what Governor Okpebholo has done immediately he assumed office and he has not in any way relented.

“There is no doubt that the man hunt for the criminals will obviously take some time to be able to get rid of all the criminals from the state,  therefore, there will be need to exercise some patience with the security agencies, as they do their jobs, but the good news is that there are positive results

“The State Governor who signed into law the 2025 amended  laws prohibiting kidnapping  and related activities has launched  a crackdown on kidnapping by demolishing buildings used by kidnappers and their accomplices, in Uromi and Ekpoma thereby sending a strong message to perpetrators.

With this development and more, Landlords have been advised to properly profile their  tenants before renting out properties because any house found to be used for kidnapping activities or any related criminal activities will be demolished  to serve as a deterrent to others.

“There have also been aggressive  raiding  of hideouts  and apprehending of suspects for interrogation in the state and as such the state government is not overwhelmed with the security situation.”