TRENDING: ‘I’ll invite military to bomb kidnappers in Abia’ – Orji Kalu

The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Kalu, has mentioned he would carry army forces to “comb” bushes in Abia State and “kill” these behind insecurity within the state.

Mr Kalu acknowledged this on Saturday throughout his go to to the Umunneochi Native Authorities Space of the state as a part of his ward evaluation tour of Abia North District which he represents.

Mr Kalu, a former governor of Abia, additionally posted a video clip of the go to on his Fb web page.

He mentioned the insecurity within the state will finish after the bushes would have been combed by safety businesses throughout the subsequent 4 months.

“What is occurring in Abia will not be acceptable to me. We’ll comb the bush in Umunneochi Native Authorities Space; we are going to comb the bush in Ohafia Native Authorities Space, and we are going to comb the bush in Arochukwu and Bende Native Authorities Areas,” he mentioned.

The senator mentioned bushes within the different components of the state would even be raided by safety businesses to destroy camps of criminals working within the state.

“I’m warning everyone, don’t permit your kids to dwell within the bush. Something they (army) see within the bush, they may destroy,” Mr Kalu mentioned.

He mentioned the raid would resume in November however didn’t give particulars.

“We’ll include the Nigerian Airforce. We’ll include the Nigerian Military. We’ll include everyone,” he mentioned.

The previous governor of Abia State additionally bemoaned the affect of the sit-at-home order within the South-east which is enforced each Monday by the outlawed Indigenous Individuals Biafra.

“We would like peace right here. We would like our companies to proceed. The Igbos are dropping N25 billion every day they shut their companies. They usually can not proceed. I want I’m nonetheless the governor of Abia State, however I’m not the governor,” Mr Kalu mentioned.

The Senator, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), mentioned he would maintain a gathering with the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, subsequent week to make sure “we reposition the state and cooperate with the Federal Authorities of Nigeria.”

He mentioned he’s a patriotic Nigerian, and that he has all the time acknowledged his stance on the Igbo trigger.

Mr Kalu mentioned he acted within the overriding curiosity of the Igbos when he was the Abia State governor.

“President (Muhammadu) Buhari will shock you folks within the subsequent 4 months. Warn your kids to depart the bush, as a result of we are going to comb the bushes,” the Senator instructed his constituents.

“Something we see within the bush, we are going to kill as a result of now we have disturbed the president a lot that there’s insecurity (within the South-east). The plane will come right here. It is going to be a shock raid. So, folks dwelling within the bushes ought to depart. All components of Abia, we are going to comb it,” Mr Kalu added.

Worsening insecurity

Abia State has witnessed elevated legal abduction these days,  particularly in  Umunneochi. A number of folks, together with clerics,  have been kidnapped by gunmen in latest assaults.

About 10 days in the past, gunmen abducted a catholic priest and a seminarian alongside the Okigwe-Umunneochi Highway, which is between Imo and Abia States.

The victims had been released two days later after reportedly paying ransom to their abductors.

Barely 24 hours earlier than the assault on the clerics, gunmen abducted a police officer at Mbala Divisional Police Headquarters in Isuochi Group, Umunneochi Native Authorities Space of Abia State.

In July, gunmen abducted some travellers in Lokpanta, a neighborhood in Umunneochi Native Authorities Space of Abia State.

Final month, gunmen abducted scores of passengers alongside the Enugu-Port Harcourt freeway between Leru and Ihube Communities of the council space within the state.