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War Against Unknown Gunmen, Soludo Declares Indefinite Curfew In Ihiala, Nnewi, 6 Other LGAs
May 25, 2022
War Against Unknown Gunmen, Soludo Declares Indefinite Curfew In Ihiala, Nnewi, 6 Other LGAs ~ OsazuwaAkonedo ##Anambrastate ##ChukwumaCharlesSoludo #Aguata #Ihiala #Nnewi #OsazuwaAkonedo #UnknownGunmen https://osazuwaakonedo.news/war-against-unknown-gunmen-soludo-declares-indefinite-curfew-in-ihiala-nnewi-6-other-lgas/25/05/2022/ By Charles Soludo
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by charles saludo
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dash
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being press statement by professor
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charles chakuma saluto cfr governor of
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anambra state at a news conference alca
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wednesday 25th of may 2022
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umunum
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you employed me to lead the process of
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building a livable and prosperous
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homeland
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after swearing in on the 17th of march
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2022 i worked for 8 hours and 45 minutes
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that day and have kept working hard
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every day to make you proud a lot is
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ongoing and we will report to you in due
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course
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however we recognize from the first
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minute that restoring peace and security
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will be foundational to our larger
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agenda as a people
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we devoted several paragraphs in our
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inaugural speech to underscore the grave
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security challenges we inherited with
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the deadly criminal gangs largely an
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occupation of eight local governments
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you may recall that i was attacked by
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so-called unknown gunmen while
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addressing youths at a rally in march
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2021 leaving three policemen dead and
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indeed hardly any candidate could
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campaign freely in the seven local
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governments of the south senatorial zone
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in 2021. i knew the grave situation and
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determined to confront it i met with the
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state security council for three and a
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half hours on the first day and there
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was the consensus to deploy both kinetic
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and non-kinetic approaches
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while the security agencies have been
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doing their best with limited resources
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we are convinced that sustainable peace
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and security cannot be achieved without
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the cooperation and solidarity of the
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people
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consequently we went to work to mobilize
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our people and address the wider
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socioeconomic and legacy issues fueling
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agitations and insecurity
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we consulted and collaborated with the
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southeast joint body of bishops and
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traditional rulers issuing joint
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statements with the joint body of
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bishops organizing prayer sessions in
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the entire southeast on 4th of april
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2022 with the goal of ending the city at
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home and ensuring an enduring peace and
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security in the southeast
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we organized an umbra peace and security
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dialogue with the leadership of the
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christian denominations town unions
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traditional rulers youth organizations
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women market and transport unions as
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well as political leaders and
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non-indigenes on 20 with a communique
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calling for an end to the sit at home
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and peace and security in the southeast
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on 2nd of april 2022
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we offered the olive branch to all the
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armed youths in the forest to come out
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surrender their guns and with the
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commitment that our government would
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help to retrain and empower them to
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contribute positively to our development
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our government has in our proposed
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revised budget provided handsomely for
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youth empowerment
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the official leadership of ipob also
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repeatedly issued statements
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dissociating itself from the senseless
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and destructive sid at home on mondays
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etc as well as the kidnappings and
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criminal actions of gangs in the state
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in the southeast
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we set up the truth justice and peace
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committee with the goal of getting to
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the remote and immediate causes of the
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agitation and criminality with a view to
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proffering systematic and lasting
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solutions
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we have severally again met with town
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union leaders and traditional rulers
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landlords etc all in the mobilization of
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the people for lasting peace and
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security
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true to our commitment to engage with
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all state and non-state actors relevant
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to the search for lasting peace and
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security we visited mazi namdi kanu and
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he reiterated that he never authorized
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the senseless sit at home and absolved
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his organization hip-hop from the crass
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criminality especially the barbaric
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enforcement of the sit at home and the
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kidnappings and spilling of blood
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mazikanu expressed his willingness to
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personally address the press to charge
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his followers to keep the peace
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subsequently his lawyer issued an
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official statement confirming this
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position and his associate also
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addressed the media in the same vein
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we have also had town hall meetings with
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neon ombre in lagos and abuja and our
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people are united in their condemnation
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of the criminality going on in the state
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and environs and demonstrated their
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commitment to join hands with us in
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solving it
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the list of the public engagements is
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long with even a longer list of backroom
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plans and actions
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despite the above the criminal gangs are
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unrelenting in their desperation to
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maintain their very lucrative criminal
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enterprise and expand their other agenda
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of domination
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when the security agencies rooted them
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out of two of their numerous camps their
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reprisals were to burn down the
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secretariats of two local governments
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and attack police stations police and
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soldiers
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routinely they kidnap for ransom rape
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and murder their victims as well as burn
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houses and properties
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they relish in shooting soft targets
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including recently a poor woman frying
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akara in front of her house on a monday
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over the past one week mini anambra and
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indeed the nation have been treated to
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the gory stories of the kidnapping and
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subsequent beheading of han okachuku
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okoye member of the state house of
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assembly and his aide cyril chiboka both
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from my community isofia as well as the
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brutal murder mrs hari ratchubra from
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adamawa state and her four children and
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three other northerners
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anambra people have been in shock this
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is not who we are our deepest
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condolences are with the families of the
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various victims
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we are working round the clock with the
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security agencies and the perpetrators
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must be brought to book
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let us be very clear
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these criminals causing mayhem in
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anambra albeit of desperate groups and
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gangs are igbos dominantly from other
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southeast states whose real objective is
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lucrative criminality and fosting their
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idolatrous religion on the region
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unfortunately every criminal gang
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including cult groups claims to be a
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liberation movement making it difficult
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to differentiate between any genuine
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agitators from criminals
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unfortunately also the criminals now
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dominate the space
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anambra is the prime target because that
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is the most lucrative location for
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kidnapping for ransom in the southeast
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with their immense propaganda machine
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funded largely by their sponsors abroad
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they have tried everything to
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indoctrinate the people with all kinds
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of false emotive narratives and divert
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attention from their real objectives
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they claim to be fighting for the people
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and yet randomly kill the same people
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destroying their livelihood and stopping
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their children from going to school
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what is agitation to do with kidnappings
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including kidnapping of priests of god
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invasion of churches and tabernacles
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including desecration of the altars of
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god
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why is it that everywhere they gather in
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and every camp they operate there is a
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deity slash idol to which they routinely
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offer blood and sacrifice
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from accounts of those kidnapped and
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later free the stench of dead bodies in
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the camps cry up to heaven we see videos
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of them in their idol worship we note
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their threats to priests and bishops
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including threatening to take over some
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churches
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the truth is that this tiny minority
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certainly far less than 0.1 percent of
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us is bent upon challenging the
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foundation of the things that make us
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who we are
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enterprise we are known for our
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enterprise but these people are bent on
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killing our businesses by the forceful
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sid at home kidnapping for ransom
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forceful taxation of communities
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businesses and individuals etc
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christianity the people of the southeast
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especially anambra are predominantly
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christians but with this gang idolatry
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is back with vengeance they forcefully
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try to convert people especially the
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young ones to idolatry by initiating
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them into cults swearing oaths to their
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deities etc with the promise of
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invincibility
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consequently these youths join them as
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members and informants
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desecration of our culture spilling of
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the blood of the innocent is considered
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an abomination by our culture by our
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christian religion
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we understand that they kill and harvest
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human organs for rituals and human
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sacrifice in their so-called camps with
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their new religion of idolatry and
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deadly weapons which they use to kill at
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random they have tried to create a
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culture of fear and silence
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more recently the people have begun to
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question their propaganda motive and
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means and they know that they have lost
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the sympathy of the people
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that explains why they desperately tried
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to ignite a national inter-ethnic crisis
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by killing some innocent northerners who
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have lived peacefully in our state for
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decades to divert attention from their
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criminality and then seek to rebrand
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themselves as defenders of the people
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they have failed and will continue to
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fail
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millions of our people live in the north
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and other parts of nigeria and anambra
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people are known for their uncommon
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hospitality
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in most homes in anambra non-indigenes
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live happily as tenants or as landlords
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pursuing their legitimate businesses and
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this won't change
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we pride ourselves as the light of the
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nation and anambra will continue to be a
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land of opportunity for every nigerian
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as well as non-nigerians
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we will continue to work hard with
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security agencies to ensure security of
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life and property in our state
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umunum the anambra the hour has come for
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us to step up our game and take back our
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state the tiny bit vicious gangs that
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have invaded our state and terrorize us
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are mostly in eight local governments in
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anambra and three neighboring local
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governments in emo state
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they are in our forests communities and
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houses owned by individuals
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they don't come from the air and hence
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are not unknown gunmen they are known
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you know them but are either too scared
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to speak up or out of indifference
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but for how long will you be silent
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while our people continue to be killed
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in the most cruel and barbaric manner it
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is because we have remained ambivalent
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opting to sit on the fence rather than
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take a stand against an obvious evil
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that has made a minor sort of fester so
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cancerously the hour has now come and we
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must rise up to take our destiny in our
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hands
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everyone indeed everyone has a role to
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play while we continue to commit an
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umbra to the hands of god we as a people
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must rise up to clean and cleanse our
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land
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the security agencies will continue to
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do their part but we the people must
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proclaim that enough is enough and
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demonstrate full ownership
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consequently as complementary measures
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to the efforts of the security agencies
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our government has decided on the
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following immediate steps
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once again we are releasing several
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telephone numbers for the public to
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report any criminality or suspicious
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conducts
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these phone numbers are managed in my
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office in strictest confidentiality
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call us or text sms or whatsapp and we
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will respond expeditiously
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the phone numbers are
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0 901 72809.90703.9896429.09167514891
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0907 6237
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0-916-804-1120-0809-317-528-081243139
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in addition to the n10 million cash
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reward we placed on those who gruesomely
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murdered han okachukua koye and his aide
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we are also offering a cash reward of at
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least one million and one comma oh oh
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comma oh to anyone who provides useful
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information leading to the arrest of any
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of the leaders or members of these
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criminal gangs including those who
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support them financially or in kind and
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all those enforcing the illegal sid at
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home order or anyone involved in the
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kidnapping murder and arson or access to
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the camps where the criminals operate
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from the bounty will depend upon the
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profile of the criminal their leaders
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will attract higher amounts
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similar bounty will be paid to anyone
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who gives information about anyone or
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location where hard drugs especially
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pulu mealy are manufactured in the state
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the state government hereby assures any
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informant of confidentiality in this
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process and would not disclose your
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identities or contact
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with effect from tomorrow friday 26th of
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may 2022 a 6pm to 6am curfew is hereby
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placed on motorcycles okada tricycles
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kiki and shuttle buses in aquita ahiala
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equisigo naomi north nami south okaru
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orumba north and arumba south local
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governments until further notice
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until further notice also motorcycles
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kiki and shuttle buses are banned from
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operating in these local governments on
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mondays until the sit at home completely
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stops the use of every community in the
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zone are hereby enjoined to assist the
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security agencies in the implementation
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of this policy and are mandated to seize
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any such motorcycle or tricycle on the
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spot
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local vigilantes should report such
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motorcycles or tricycles kiki
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immediately and they will be confiscated
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by government and the owner prosecuted
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the okada kiki and shuttle bus union
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leaders must take responsibility to
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report their members who are involved in
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criminal activities
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we shall review this after two weeks and
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if members of these unions continue to
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be involved in criminal activities the
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government will have no choice but to
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either disband the unions and or ban
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them out rightly in the state
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no part of anambra state house bush or
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forest shall be used as camps for these
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criminals
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anyone with a gun in a camp is
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considered a criminal at anambra state
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and the government and people will work
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with security agencies to flush them out
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the state government shall pursue into
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its powers under the land use act revoke
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and acquire any land found to be
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harboring these criminals for public
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purpose
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henceforth every community is required
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to provide information on any part of
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their land occupied by these criminals
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as camps if the community fails to do so
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the government will take over such land
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all communities are hereby charged to
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take over their communities completely
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and through the leadership of their town
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unions and traditional rulers give
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weekly security reports submitted every
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friday to the state government on the
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state of security in their communities
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the cooperation of the youths in that
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regard is now imperative
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i charge the vigilantes of each
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community to rise to the occasion and
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contend with these criminals in your
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locality whether they are in your bush
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or the houses in your community the
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state government expects the report of
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any progress made in this regard and
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shall support and reward you accordingly
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any buildings found to be harboring
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these kidnappers and murderers who have
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laid siege on our state will as provided
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by criminal code amendment number three
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law 2013 be forfeited to the state
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government
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to that extent all landlords are hereby
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directed to proceed on operation know
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your tenant by keeping appropriate
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records of their tenants and report
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anyone suspected of being involved in
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criminal activities
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each community leadership must keep full
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register of all tenants in their
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communities their occupation etc and
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keep an eye on their activities
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the state government shall as an
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emergency measure disband the leadership
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of any community which fails to report
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criminal activities in their communities
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or immediately respond to the requests
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contained in this address
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all market leaders and stakeholders are
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hereby charged to join the communities
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in taking back their territory and
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monitor the activities in their markets
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they are all required to return weekly
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security reports to the state government
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everybody who either in person or
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through telephone calls demands cash
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support or ransom from anyone in
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furtherance of any criminal activities
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or groups should immediately be reported
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to the government via the telephone
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lines provided
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all transporters i.e bus drivers shuttle
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drivers tricycle kiki and motorcycle
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okada riders must immediately report any
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suspicious passengers
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because it has come to the knowledge of
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the state government that over 80
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percent of transport operators use fake
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plate numbers and identities all
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transport operators must henceforth
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re-register their vehicles tricycles and
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motorcycles with their valid means of
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identification and their biometrics
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captured
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this exercise shall immediately be
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commenced and anyone who defaults in
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doing that after four weeks from today
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would be treated as a suspect and
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adequate measures taken against him or
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her
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all hotels are directed to obtain the
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means of identification of their guests
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and keep an inventory of all guests in
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their hotels the management of the hotel
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should immediately report any suspicious
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persons or group of persons checking
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into or converging in their hotels
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immediate sanctions would attend any
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dereliction in that regard including
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possibly shutting down or demolition of
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such hotels
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all fuel stations are hereby directed
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too within four weeks from today place
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surveillance cameras in their stations
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and keep the records generated by those
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cameras in order to assist the state
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government when required in tracking
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these criminals who inevitably fuel
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their vehicles at fuel stations
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finally let me urge our people to remain
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calm this season shall pass
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the god of anambra assures that we shall
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overcome the forces of darkness
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indeed this tough beginning foretells of
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a more glorious future we thank all the
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stakeholders in the umbra project and
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particularly thank the security agencies
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for their determination and sacrifice
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we enjoin our religious leaders to
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continue to lift up the state in prayers
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and to also mobilize our people as they
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fight evil in our land
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together we shall take back our state
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and make it the true light of the nation
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god bless you all
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god bless anambra state
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god bless the federal republic of
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nigeria at view's exclusive rights
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charles chakuma saludo governor anambra
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state may 25 2022
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