Nigeria: Robbers Lay Siege On Imo Communities


Vanguard (Lagos)

20 June 2007
Posted to the web 20 June 2007

Chidi Nkwopara
Owerri

INDIGENES of Mgbidi, Otulu, Amiri and some other communities in Oru East and West local government areas of Imo State are now living in fear as armed robbers have overrun their communities, intimidating, harassing, stealing and raping women at will.

At the last count, several private homes, business outfits and even hospitals fell to the brute force of the rampaging armed robbers, who were said to be wielding varying types of sophisticated guns. A woman, who spoke to Vanguard on strict grounds of anonymity, lamented that women and their daughters were subjected to the ordeal of being raped while their husbands and children were forced to watch as the robbers took their turns in the sexual orgy.


The woman recounted how a young man who returned from the United States of America decided to come out of hiding instead of loosing his 96 year-old father (names withheld). "They similarly did the same thing to Dr. Theodore Okechukwu, who also came back from the United States of America, as well as Chief Stephen Onyemaobi, whose son equally returned from overseas", the woman said.

According to her, Chief Ignatius Awobue was roundly dispossessed of his personal effects and his brother, Nnamdi Christopher Awobue, was seriously beaten. Feelers from the town is that these people have since gone back to their bases overseas and sworn never to come back or encourage anybody to come back or invest in the state. While Chief Joshua Okereke had reportedly been robbed more than two times, the robbers however visited Chief Anaekwe more than four times. Similarly, all the companies located in the two local council areas of the state have started making frantic efforts to close shop and relocate to safer grounds, if nothing was done immediately to guard lives and property.

@Topic

Who are you trying to impress with this your dry post! Please go and drink more "burukutu" and sleep! Make you no wake up oh! Ye ye de smell!

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This is sad. What are the Bakassi boys doing about this?

MILITIA:

@Topic

Who are you trying to impress with this your dry post! Please go and drink more "burukutu" and sleep! Make you no wake up oh! Ye ye de smell!

I wonder oh! How about ''kidnappers lay siege on Yenagoa and the entire jungles of Bayelsa. What are the Egbesu boys doing about this''?

you mean the jungle of the East.

How dare you, oil-poluted lazy fisherman?

The links below tells your life story better, fool.

http://www.waado.org/environment/PhotoGallery/PhotoGalleryPage.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article1930130.ece

All of a sudden, the resident haters don't like the story when it comes a little too close to home!
The truth hurts don't it?

they don,t like the bad news about their people, they are the main ones targeting other tribes.

It is unfortunate that Oru East and west are experiencing this. The truth is that our Politicians are responsible for this. All the boys they armed to rig the elections for them are on rampage.They did not collect the arms from them and now that the elections are over, there is no job again and they have taken to armed robbery.
But there is hope. The robbers tried the same thing in Akuma, Oru west and they regretted it. Let the villagers hire the bakassi boys or the Aguleri boys . I bet you they will wipe away the robbers. Akuma, Awo-idemili and Amaebu, your neighbouring towns tried it and now they have peace. The worst that will happen to you is to trust the police or depend on them.
As for that Militia, I wonder what people like that is doing in this sane place. I am sure that he has not come to bomb us, The Niger Delta youths will eventually destroy their home. I wonder where they will run to. A word is enough for the wise,

News Agency of Nigeria -
Robbers surrender arms in Imo
Owerri, June 16, 2007 (NAN) Ten armed robbers have surrendered their arms and ammunitions to the Imo government in response to its promise to rehabilitate them. The government had recently promised to provide gainful employment to robbers who were willing to abandon their trade. Chief Chris Okewulonu, the Secretary to the State Government, said today that the robbers surrendered their arms to the state security committee, headed by the Commander of the 32 Field Artillery Brigade, Owerri. Robbers - 2 He made the announcement in Owerri while addressing the state executives of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). Okewulonu said the state government had mapped out strategies to deal with robbers who were yet to respond to its call to surrender. He said those who responded and surrendered their weapons would be adequately rewarded and gainfully employed. (NAN) FCO/ABI/AA

http://www.upi.com/AfricaMonitoring/view.php?StoryID=20070616-491833-8930-r
http://www.thenewsng.com/modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=16757

How many from the thousands of Ijaw or Yoruba robbers can do that?

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Only ten! out of one million all over the country! that leaves 999,999 to wreck havoc. Good luck!

MEND are after the foreigners,while this guys are after their own people.

dimka:

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same reply here again, ure , dont know wat 2say
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