Abia State
Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has taken the fight against insecurity to kidnappers’
den, as he on Tuesday, supervised the demolition of five buildings used by
kidnappers as hideouts.
kidnappers as hideouts.
Addressing
newsmen, shortly before the demolition exercise, which took place at Asa-Umunka
and Mkpukpuevula in Ugwunagbo Local Government, near Aba, Gov. Ikpeazu said
Abia was going to be very hot for criminals.
“Henceforth,
it will be very hot for criminals in the state; it’s going to be a total war;
the full weight of the law will descend on anyone that is caught in any
criminal act,” he said.
He warned
residents against allowing their facilities to be used for criminal activities,
saying anybody caught aiding criminals will be dealt with.
The governor
saluted the gallantry of the security agencies in dealing with the recent
upsurge of kidnapping in Aba and vowed that the law would be visited on anybody
involved in kidnapping.
According to
him, “this demolition exercise is to sound a note of warning to those who are
involved in the kidnapping business within the confines of the state. I salute
the gallantry of men and officers of the security agencies. There is a total
war on kidnapping and other violent crimes. Anybody caught will face the full
weight of the law. The sun news reported that Nobody should allow his property or his premises to be used
for kidnapping. Abia citizens are urged to come forth with information about
kidnappers to the security agencies. Those who have pieces of information can
also drop them to me through text messages. I assure them of confidentiality.”
Earlier, while
briefing the governor, the Commanding Officer, 144 Battalion, Asa, Lt. Col.
Kassim Umar Sidi, revealed how kidnappers had used the affected buildings, as
their hideouts.
He equally
told the governor that one of his officers, who came for rescue operation was
killed within the vicinity of the buildings at Asa Umunka.
The State
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye Oyebade, who was on the governor’s entourage,
said the police would no longer give criminals in the state breathing space to
operate, stating that more mobile
policemen from outside the state had been deployed in Abia to beef up security.
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