By Charles Ogbu
Yesterday, the SBM intelligence report covering July 2023 to July 2024 ranked Anambra as the headquarters of ransom-for KIDNAPPING in the country with around N350 million paid by Anambra victims to kidnappers with many killed even after the ransom was paid.
This is far ahead of the second placed Rivers that recorded N67 million in ransom payment by victims of kidnapping.
This is a huge indictment on the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies and above all, the governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo led govt in the state.
Just last week Wednesday, a man who parked his car to buy suya close to the G.R.A gate ran into the local govt secretariate right opposite that popular suya joint but the kidnappers followed him right inside the secretariat and still took him.
That same week, just a small traffic from Sea Breeze hotel after Sharon Hall to that 33 road close to the G.R.A gate, saw gunmen diligently robbing almost all the cars at the traffic.
There is hardly a day that someone is not kidnapped in the state, from reverend fathers to businessmen down to students. No one is spared.
The worst part is that everyone who lives in the state knows about this but there appears to be a conspiracy of silence on this issue.
To develop AlaIgbo and encourage Aku-Ruo-Uno, we must be ready to call out special cases of this nature and put pressure on the governor and those in charge to do something. Silence DOES NOT CUT IT!
Soludo should not wait for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who clearly no send anybody.
Before Mr. Peter Obi tenure, Anambra was a no-go-area but he came in and tackled it squarely. Soludo needs to step up before we lose one of the most important parts of AlaIgbo to criminals
