Ex- Anambra PDP chairman , Emeakayi, busts Okija gunmen gang, arrests scores


Tony Okafor, Awka

Gunmen terrorising the university town of Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State have been dislodged and scores of them arrested.

The town's vigilantes led by a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Ken Emeakayi led the operation for the dislodgement of the hoodlums.

Okija hosts Madonna University and Legacy University, as well as the Obijackson Hospital, which helps to attract visitors within and outside Nigeria.

Okija is among places in Anambra State where unknown gunmen had set up camps in the forests where kidnapped victims are kept until ransoms are paid.

The arrested hoodlums, believed to also belong to various cult groups, had confessed being responsible for the attack of the palace of the traditional ruler of Okija, Igwe Okezie and the home of a prominent indigene of the town, Chief Ossy Ndiogulu, during which they made away with over 100 pump action guns and cars purchased for the town's vigilante outfit.

They also confessed being responsible for the incessant kidnapping and daylight shootings in parts of the town.

Worried by the development in the area, stakeholders of the community appointed a new management committee headed by a former state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Kenneth Emeakayi which who had been picking the gunmen from their various hideouts.

Emeakayi told journalist on Sunday that the people of Okija would no longer tolerate the activities of the hoodlums, warning those with devilish motives to relocate.
He said, "Following the mandate given to us, we have swung into action to rid our community of the bag eggs that have been scaring people from carrying out their legitimate businesses in the town .

"We have decided that kidnapping and armed robbery must not take place in this town again and we are prepared to ensure security of lives and property.
"We are therefore determined to rescue Okija from the hands of the hoodlums and halt the situation that had led to the collapse of businesses in our once peaceful town.

"Henceforth, the sale of hard drugs of all types, including nkpurumiri, has been banned in all the 30 villages in Okija. Similarly, cult activities, which had contributed in scaring people out of the area will no longer be tolerated."

Okija in the news again?

But they use to say they are dss

He must be a known ally to them, imo

Good riddance