In an effort to ensure that the government flushes out remnants of criminal activities in the Uzo Uwani Local Government Area in Enugu State and its enhance safety of life and property Governor Peter Mbah yesterday launched a series of coordinated onslaughts against assailants and criminal elements in the state.
The effort, it was gathered, led to security operatives arresting scores of suspects bearing dangerous weapons in some of the forests in the area.
The governor, who warned against self-help by some community members, said anybody or group of persons in citing and encouraging self-help would be dealt with according to the extant laws of the land, insisting that his administration would not condone people taking the laws into their hands as that falls short of all known civilised and legal norms.
While suing for peace among the Adani, Igga and other neighbouring communities in the council area who have been engaging on reprisal attacks over communal land disputes, Mbah during an unscheduled visit to both Adani and Igga communities in Uzo Uwani LGA on Sunday evening, announced that his administration had already offered scholarships and job opportunities to the children and wives of the two slain police officers and three Neighbourhood Watch operatives who lost their lives in an ambush on Friday at Ada Rice farm settlement by suspected criminals engaged by Igga community to carry attacks on innocent civilian population.
He said security of lives and property remained the top priority of his administration, while vowing that the ongoing operations, involving combined teams of security operatives, including the police, the Department of State Services (DSS), the military and members of the Neighbourhood Watch groups, would continue until the area is completely rid of criminal elements, warning those responsible for the heinous crimes to submit themselves or face the full wrath of the law.
He said: “One thing I can assure you today is that we’ll apprehend all the criminals responsible for this attack. We’ll make sure they face the full wrath of the law as we’ll not spare anyone involved in the crime.”
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