Combating cultism in Imo

The reported killing, on October 5, 2017, of the two most wanted cult leaders and kidnappers in Imo State, Tochukwu Egbelu, aka black face, and Enyia Iwu, aka Sparrow, by the operatives deployed by the state police command to the Assa, Obile and Awarra communities of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area brought unspeakable joy and much needed relief to the traumatised villagers who have been under a siege for years now.
According to reports, the two suspected criminals, “leaders of the Iceland cult, which had been credited with the killing of over 20 people and the destruction of over 30 houses”, were killed during a shootout with the police in the Nwagbakobi forest in Assa community.
The state police commissioner, Chris Ezike, deserves all the praise because his determination to stamp out crime and criminality in the state has been yielding huge dividends in our communities.
Following the success recorded so far in the fight against cultism, violent crimes and banditry in Assa, Obile and Awarra, civil life is gradually returning to our communities that were hitherto deserted following an orgy of killings and destruction of property by rival cult groups for years. Gladly, markets, schools and churches that were closed for a long time are being reopened.
However, CP Ezike and his men should not rest on their oars until all the suspected criminals arrested. We cannot afford another round of the heinous reign of cultists in our communities.

Emenike Uzomba,
Ohaji, Imo state

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