Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has offered a 10-day amnesty to bandits operating and lurking in the forests in Imo State.
The governor demanded the bandits immediately come out of their hideouts and surrender their arms to their traditional rulers for unconditional pardon, warning that a failure to surrender would attract bombardment by the security forces.
Governor Uzodimma sent the warning while addressing the congregation after Sunday Service in the Government House Chapel, Owerri.
The governor explained that the government has decided to comb through the forests in Imo and rid the state of bandits and had procured the needed equipment for the mission.
He further explained that the provision of amnesty was a means to have those who have repented, quit their sinister acts, and desired to be reintegrated into the society.
“The state is more determined now than before to clear all bandits and to achieve this, the expected and additional recruitment of more Ebube-Agu personnel, working in collaboration with the security agencies in the state, will be used to clear all the waterways and rid the state of bandits, including crude-oil thieves.
“All the waterways are under surveillance with the delivery of new Naval Equipment to the Naval Base in Oguta,” the Governor said.
