Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, the youth arm of the main Igbo socio-cultural organization, has voiced indignation over the recent revival of kidnapping in Enugu State.
Several travelers were abducted along the Enugu-Ugwuogo-Opi Nsukka Road between Monday and Friday (yesterday), according to news reports.
A motorist reported that the thugs struck passengers three times on Thursday. The first attack occurred at 12 p.m., while the second strike occurred at 2 p.m. By 5 p.m., another batch of commuters had been seized.
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Several passengers were abducted earlier on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, despite military and police roadblocks along the route.
Hon Harrison Ogara, a member of the Enugu State House of Assembly, also stated that his staff members evaded kidnapping along the same road.
“Breaking: My team narrowly avoided being kidnapped at Opi Agu by the skin of their teeth.” “God is faithful,” wrote the legislator.
It has also been stated that the crooks are holding hostages on the 4-Corner-Udi Road.
Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the National President of the youth group, said in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday that the incident was unacceptable.
Okwu wondered how criminals grew so audacious as to abduct travelers on a road with more than ten checks.
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He said, “We have been inundated with reports concerning the daily abduction of commuters along the Ugwuogo-Nsukka Road.
“This is the same scenario that played out last year before the immediate past administration, in conjunction with security agencies, deployed both the military and the police.
“It is then strange that hoodlums would have the audacity to launch such attacks on a daily basis despite the number of checkpoints on the road.
“We demand a discreet investigation of all the security personnel manning the checkpoints. They should be totally overhauled.
“We consider this as an attempt by some persons to discredit the new administration of Barr Peter Mbah, the executive Governor of Enugu State. But their plot is dead on arrival.”
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Okwu called on the security chiefs in the State to rise up to their duty of protecting the lives and property of the citizens, stressing that, “they should not give citizens the feeling that these bandits are now more powerful than state forces.
“The criminality along the Ugwuogo-Nsukka Road, Four Corner-Udi Road, and other parts of the State must end.
“It is inconceivable that unknown gunmen and hoodlums will enter the city centre and operate unchallenged for over 20 minutes. This is why we are warning that any plan to sabotage the administration of Governor Peter Mbah will be resisted by the Igbo youths.
“We urge all the residents to give their maximum support to the Governor Peter Mbah administration as it poised to take Enugu to a higher pedestal.”
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