A former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim has said the increasing level of insecurity in the Southeast zone may be due to the inability of the Igbo leaders to make a strong statement and define their position in the Biafran agitation.

Anyim urged Igbo leaders to engage the agitators in a more robust and profitable discussion with a view to proffering lasting solutions to the situation.

The former Senate President was the chairman of the Southeast Economic and Security Summit held yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

He regretted that the Igbo race has turned to a war zone where the safety of the people is no longer guaranteed.

He recalled that the enforcement of the Monday sit-at-home across the five Southeast states has not only caused the region huge revenue waste but led to loss of lives and property in the zone.