50 suspected kidnappers to be paraded in Imo State

FIFTY suspected kidnappers arrested by security operatives in Imo State are expected to be paraded at the  Dan Anyiam Stadium Complex, Owerri, Friday.

Governor Rochas Okorocha will also use the opportunity to launch his administration’s security outfit, code named “Operation Rescue Imo”, with a full complement of 100 patrol vehicles.

A statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, said the citizenry will have the opportunity of hearing directly from the kidnap suspects.

He said: “About 100 branded patrol vehicles will be handed over to the joint security outfit. Imo people will also have the opportunity of hearing directly from over 50 suspected kidnappers give account of their escapades.”

Noting that the security outfit was government’s style of commencing community policing in the state, the SA also said Okorocha was determined to stamp out kidnapping and armed robbery in Imo.

Uzoukwa said: “The governor is determined to stamp out the twin evils of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state. He will also use the opportunity to address the citizenry on the state of security in Imo.”

He said the event was part of government’s deliberate effort to take security to the grassroots, adding that traditional rulers now had a major role to play in the fight against crime and criminals in the state.

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By CHIDI NKWOPARA

-Vanguard 

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