Hon. Amobi Ogar, a member of the Abia State Labour Party in the House of Representatives, lamented the prevalent cases of abduction, banditry, and other violent crimes in his federal constituency, noting that people’s homes were being raided to pick people in demand for ransoms as low as N30,000 (approximately $39).
According to DailyTrust, the Labour Party member stated on Thursday after introducing a resolution on the topic at plenary that the primary objective of government is to protect residents’ lives and property.
“Today, I moved a motion over incessant attacks on my people (constituents). Kidnapping has become like ‘akara’ (bean cake) business in my constituency.
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“People are kidnapped almost every day. Not one, two or three. To the extent that they (abductors) are now going to people’s homes to carry them at ransoms of N50,000, N30,000.
“It is now a serious issue for me to move it on the floor of the house so that Nigerians will hear. As I speak, a lot of villagers have fled their homes, even our mothers don’t go to farms anymore,” he said.
Daily Trust reports that the House of Representatives while adopting Ogar’s motion, urged President Bola Tinubu to direct all the security agencies to ensure security around Regional Cattle Market in Lokpanta along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Uturu-Okigwe Road, Ihube-Isuochi Road, ABSU Junction-Akara Road; Uturu-Afikpo Road, Umuaku-Umunze Road and Awgu-Ishiagu Road and their environs where the kidnappers have converted to their safe haven.
The House directed the Chief of Army Staff, Inspector General of Police, and Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to form a joint patrol team to comb farmland and forests in Abia State to root out kidnappers, bandits, and other criminal elements.
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News outlets claimed that kidnappers thought to be herdsmen in collaboration with some rogue security personnel have taken over Southeast roads.
Last week, troops from Nigeria’s 82 Division were accused of assisting kidnappers by killing members of the Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch Group who were responding to a distress call.
Four more victims of the military attack remain in critical condition in hospitals, while the Nigerian Army has rejected the attack, branding the victims criminals.
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