Kidnapping: Nnewi natives petition Jonathan, Army Chief, IGP
Businesses were grounded yesterday, in Nnewi, as stakeholders in the commercial city petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan, the Chief of Army Staff and Inspector General of Police to come to their aide over current cases of kidnapping in the town.
As early as 7am yesterday morning, lawyers, medical doctors, bank staff operating in the city, and traders including some elders of Nnewi community, gathered to close down the Nkwo Nnewi market to protest the kidnappings of their members.
Addressing the large crowd at the gate of the closed Nnewi Main Market, Chairman of Nnewi Market Traders Association, Chief Gozie Akudolu, disclosed that since the wave of kidnapping began, about 68 major importers and manufacturers in the area had been kidnapped.
Nigerian Bar Association, represented by its Secretary General, Mr. Joseph Okeke, noted that about 15 persons were being kidnapped in Nnewi on daily basis, adding that all the hoodlums chased out of Aba, Abia State had relocated to Nnewi, pointing out that until the same intervention that happened in Aba was extended to Nnewi, things would not be the same again.
In his words: “Nnewi is closing down entirely; we are proposing that Anti Terrorist Squad, a separate entity aside from the police and military be set up by the president to tackle this situation.”
Businesses were grounded yesterday, in Nnewi, as stakeholders in the commercial city petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan, the Chief of Army Staff and Inspector General of Police to come to their aide over current cases of kidnapping in the town.
As early as 7am yesterday morning, lawyers, medical doctors, bank staff operating in the city, and traders including some elders of Nnewi community, gathered to close down the Nkwo Nnewi market to protest the kidnappings of their members.
Addressing the large crowd at the gate of the closed Nnewi Main Market, Chairman of Nnewi Market Traders Association, Chief Gozie Akudolu, disclosed that since the wave of kidnapping began, about 68 major importers and manufacturers in the area had been kidnapped.
Nigerian Bar Association, represented by its Secretary General, Mr. Joseph Okeke, noted that about 15 persons were being kidnapped in Nnewi on daily basis, adding that all the hoodlums chased out of Aba, Abia State had relocated to Nnewi, pointing out that until the same intervention that happened in Aba was extended to Nnewi, things would not be the same again.
In his words: “Nnewi is closing down entirely; we are proposing that Anti Terrorist Squad, a separate entity aside from the police and military be set up by the president to tackle this situation.”
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