The Ebonyi Government says it will
launch a massive war against cultism in August in order to rid the state
entirely of cultists.
Governor David Umahi said this
yesterday in Abakaliki during the launch of the state’s new security outfit,
codenamed ‘Neigbourhood watch’.
According to Umahi, the onslaught
will be devastating as it will not spare cult members whether in government
circles or other sectors of the state.
The governor urged members of the
new security outfit to desist from drinking inside bars or other drinking joints,
noting that it constituted an offence to do so.
Umahi also charged members of the
outfit to be careful and accurate in relaying information to security agencies
in the state, which he said, was part of their mandate.
The governor called for a law in the
state which would stipulate stiffer punishment for those in charge of security
that conversely engaged in crime.
Dr Kenneth Ugballah, the governor’s Senior
Special Adviser on Internal Security, who is to coordinate the outfit, thanked
Umahi for the initiative and support in realising it.
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