In a bid to tackle insecurity, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has urged the newly elected local council chairmen in the state to reside within their council areas.

The governor said this during the swearing-in ceremony of the 17 new chairpersons in Enugu on Thursday.

“I reiterate that all local government chairmen and deputy chairmen should reside in their constituencies. They should strive to improve the security of their local government areas

“If you secure all the local government areas, our dear state would be secured. As the chief security officer of your local government areas, you must be vigilant, deliberate and proactive by sharing security intelligence with security agencies,” the governor said.

The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, last Thursday, declared the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party as winners of the local government election held across the 17 state council areas and 260 councillorship wards on Wednesday.

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UGAMATV had reported that the election was marred by apathy and violent attacks in some parts of the state which led to the killing of no fewer than eight persons.

Announcing the results of the election, the chairman of the electoral commission, Mike Ajogu (SAN), commended voters for participating in the election.

Ajogu, who announced that the candidates of the PDP emerged winners in the chairmanship elections and 260 councillorship wards claimed that the election was free, fair, and credible, adding the turnout of voters was impressive.

He subsequently issued the winners their certificate of return.