Resident of Eg
belu Nguru community in Ngor Okpala
Council Area of Imo State are now living in
perpetual fear and apprehension, following
alleged invasion of the area by suspected
kidnappers and rapists.
AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that the
development had made some of the villagers
to flee the community, especially young girls.
Our Correspondent also learnt that the
hoodlums have turned the community to their
operational base as there is no week in
recent times, without reported cases of
kidnapping, and female victims being raped by
the criminals.
It was equally learnt that the hoodlums had
even overwhelmed the local vigilante group
and the police in the area as they carry out
their unholy act with impunity.
Indigenes of the community who staged a
protest Friday over the ugly development,
lamented that they now live in constant fear
as the crime rate in the community is now
becoming alarming on daily basis.
A villager who did not want to be quoted in
print for fear of uncertainty, said activities of
the hoodlums had left them in persistent fear,
while they always sleep with one eye opened.
He said: “Crime occurs almost on daily basis
in the community, including kidnapping and
raping”
Other villagers who spoke to newsmen
blamed the Police for not doing enough to
arrest the criminals most of whom they
alleged were well known to them.
They therefore, appealed to the state
Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to safe the
community from the antics of the hoodlums.
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