 The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodema, wants governors to be given more freedom to tackle security challenges at sub-national levels in collaboration with the federal structure. The governor said this while fielding questions from state-house correspondents shortly after meeting with President Bola Tinubu. While the federal government continues to detain the leader of the prescribed indigenous people of Biafra Aipop, Namdi Kano, the Southeast has witnessed unrest owing to the sit-at-home directive still being enforced. Uzodema stressed that while he has no security vote to draw from, he manages to adopt both kentic and non-kinetic strategies to deal with the challenges within the ambit of the law. The Southeast part of the country, of course you are aware, has been bedeviled with this high level of insecurity, ranging from banditry, kidnapping, activities of non-government to the extent that most of the states out of the five states in Southeast stand part of the country. The law for resources has been spent. Community efforts have been invested, yet the problem seems not to be a bet. So the leadership of the zone met and agreed that working with the forum of governance from Southeast, that we will come to Mr. President to formally request his intervention and additional support from federal government to ensure that there is peace in the Southeast part of the country. The governor insisted that the people of South East believe in the unity of Nigeria, unlike other regions, deserve federal government support to enable them to live their daily lives. He however declined to give details of what the South East leaders would be demanding from Tenubu when the meeting holds. Because of the indiscriminate killing of people and the high level of insecurity, our people are so afraid to come out, not only because there is a visit at home order. It is perception management that we are trying to do. So there is too much fear into the people. Otherwise, how can non-state actors give seats at home order and it will be a bet? People are scared. People are afraid because of what they have seen in the past. So nobody wants to die, neither me nor anybody. So that is why the moment federal government comes in to step up very high security measures to manage the situation, the sense of security will come back to the citizenry and they will be able to go about their businesses.