By KEMI KASUMU
Former Governor of Abia State and current Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has informed the South East people especially of his state about how the Federal might will be brought to descent on agents of insecurity in the part of the country.
Kalu, who made this vow during his visit to Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state state.Saturday promised to “comb” bushes in Abia State and “kill” perpetrators of insecurity in the state Saturday as captured in a video watched by The DEFENDER, promised to “comb” bushes in Abia State and “kill” perpetrators of insecurity in therein.
He vowed that military forces and bombs will be deployed on kidnappers and other criminals in Abia State and warned normal people not to stay beyond their farming time in the bush as, he said, the bushes of Abia will be combed.
He said the warning became necessary because “anyone seen in the bushes will be killed” during the operation he said will start in the next few months.
Senator Kalu said, “What is happening in Abia is not acceptable to me. We will comb the bush in Umunneochi Local Government Area; we will comb the bush in Ohafia Local Government Area, and we will comb the bush in Arochukwu and Bende Local Government Areas.”
Kalu noted that there is the need for security agencies to destroy camps of criminals operating in the state.
He said, “I am warning everybody, do not allow your children to live in the bush. Anything they (military) see in the bush, they will destroy.”
Kalu, who said the raid would resume in November, did not give further details on the specific time.
He said, “We will come with the Nigerian Air Force. We will come with the Nigerian Army. We will come with everybody.”
Kalu decried the impact of the sit-at-home order in the South East which is enforced every Monday by the terrorist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN).
He said, “We want peace here. We want our businesses to continue. The Igbos are losing N25 billion each day they close their businesses. And they cannot continue. I wish I am still the governor of Abia State, but I am not the governor.”
The lawmaker said he would hold a meeting with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia next week “to reposition the state and cooperate with the Federal Government of Nigeria.”
Kalu, who noted that he made the move in the interest of the Igbos, said, “President (Muhammadu) Buhari will surprise you people in the next four months. Warn your children to leave the bush, because we will comb the bushes,” the Senator told his constituents.
“Anything we see in the bush, we will kill because we have disturbed the president so much that there is insecurity (in the South East). The aircraft will come here. It will be a surprise raid. So, people living in the bushes should leave. All parts of Abia, we will comb it,” he added.
Recall that Abia State has come under high criminal abduction and attacks lately, particularly in Umunneochi, with several people, including clerics abducted by gunmen.
In July, gunmen abducted several passengers along the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway between Leru and Ihube Communities of the council area in the state.Saturday promised to “comb” bushes in Abia State and “kill” perpetrators of insecurity in the state.
The former Abia governor made the gesture in a video clip posted on his Facebook page following a ward assessment tour of his Abia North Senatorial District.
Kalu expressed optimism that insecurity in the state will end when security agencies comb bushes within the next four months.
