#endsars: Surrender In 7 Days For Amnesty – Umahi To Hoodlums
Ebonyi state governor, David Umahi, has given perpetrators of the recent attacks, destruction of public facilities and burning of police stations in the state seven days to surrender and receive amnesty or face being hunted and prosecuted by his government.
The governor made the proclamation in Abakaliki on Wednesday in Abakaliki during a courtesy call on him by the supervising deputy inspector general of police, DIG, South East geopolitical zone, Celestine Okoye,
Governor Umahi also disclosed that he had given three local government chairmen in the state the task of fish out the perpetrators, saying that “the people that came to destroy us are from these three local government areas. They have shown themselves. Some of them that have bullet wounds have also confessed. So, I have called you to demand that you bring them to me. I am going to be giving you seven days to bring them to me and there will be no excuses.
“Two ways we can approach it; if you bring them, I can show them amnesty and rehabilitate them but if you don’t bring them, I will fish them out of the forest.”
Umahi announced that the government of Ebonyi state had set aside the sum of N2.6 billion for over 2,600 youths drawn from the 13 council areas of the state. He explained that there was an urgent need for the youths to be economically empowered to steer off every form of violence which is why he called for a roundtable dialogue to know exactly what the youth expect of his administration.
“Again, I call on the youths, the good, the bad, the ugly and say that we have N2.6bn. We want the local government chairmen and the coordinators to identify these 200 youths from their local governments. We do not want them to go and write the names of their brothers and sisters who are already on government appointment. We need to take 200 youths off the streets of each local government.
He concluded that it was ” an olive branch which I am offering to them. The good ones and the bad ones can also benefit from it.”
In his speech, DIG Okoye, who is also in charge of ICT at the police force headquarters, condemned the attack and intimidation of police officers in the #endsars crisis, noting that nobody appeared to discuss the killings of policemen in the crisis. He noted that investigation would reveal the true identity of those behind it all.
“I came to discuss peace; how we can bring this destruction to an end. My advice to them is for them to stop. They are destroying the property they struggled to build; properties most of which were built by communities and wealthy individuals from your communities to attract security for you. Instead of being grateful to them for bringing security you are busy destroying them.”
“Sometimes some of these properties were built on loan, to bring succour to the communities. Now, nobody is talking about the number of policemen killed but the individual, so police has no right to live, I am not happy.
“The number of policemen killed is yet to be known and we are yet to know the people that attacked the state. Investigation will tell.”
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