People of Obosi in Anambra State now live in fear
as another terror group maiming and killing innocent people has sprung up
in the area.
Following complaints by prominent
indigenes to the Inspector General of Police (IG) Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar, has
dispatched a team of crack detectives from Abuja to arrest all those involved,
including some prominent indigenes of the area, who allegedly sponsor them.
In a petition written by prominent
indigenes of Obosi, who are scared of going home, it was alleged that the
terror group was formed and sponsored with the sole purpose of using them to
terrorise residents of the town, once anybody speaks against the backers.
They alleged that the terror group
was gaining influence daily, as unemployed youths were being initiated in large
numbers.
According to them, this has scared
many prominent people of Obosi from going home, as they claimed that the
situation in Obosi was degenerating into a national problem.
In the petition signed by Hamilton
N. Ogbodo, counsel to some Obosi indigenes, they alleged that the sponsors of
the group, initiated the dare-devil hoodlums into a cult and armed them as seen
in the above photograph taken during a recent initiation ceremony of new
members.
These hoodlums, the people alleged,
were armed by their sponsors with machetes and guns, including two Hilux
pick-up vehicles with registration Nos. LSD 75DAJ and LSD 75IAJ mounted with
siren to harass, intimidate and unleash mayhem on innocent Obosi residents.
According to them, any person who
dares express a view which is contrary to the view of their sponsors will be
brutally dealt with “and if he escaped death, they will vandalise his house.”
These hoodlums, it was alleged are
so brazen that if their convoy was moving in Obosi and one failed to get off
the road for them to pass, one’s vehicle would be battered.
The worst of all is that people are
afraid to report to the police because they have so formed a parallel
government and seem to be above the law.
“This is because the police have
been so compromised and are afraid of the group as they (group) would be
immediately informed of the identity of the person who lodged the complaint and
they will ensure that the person is thoroughly dealt with.
“An example of this group’s
brutality was on April 9, 2012 when one Chukwudi Agwuegbu narrowly escaped
death at the hands of these terrorists as they lacerated his chest and abdomen
with gun shots and machete cuts.
“However, the policemen who were
invited to arrest the suspects received the beating of their lives and their
vehicle damaged,” the petitioners stated.
“What surprises us most is that
upon all these humiliations suffered by the police, they have not made any
further attempt to arrest these hoodlums.
“Again, on April 5th, 2012, the
same group of terrorists unleashed mayhem on innocent people in Obosi, they did
not report to the police because the police in Anambra appear to be helpless
over the situation and the victims, being afraid of compounding their problems
went to various hospitals for treatment,” the petitioners added.
While beseeching the IGP to step in
and save the law-abiding indigenes of Obosi by stopping the terror group, the
petitioners alleged that the hoodlums seized people’s lands and properties with
impunity, extorted money from them at will and fired their pump actions guns at
random wounding and scaring people.