Criminals/kidnappers will have no hiding place in Imo soon — Uzodimma

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has assured the resolve of his administration to expose those involved in criminal activities such as kidnapping for commercial purposes soon in the state.

His statement followed the recent rise in the crime of kidnapping and killings in Imo State.

He said, “The government is deploying both kinetic and non-kinetic measures to bring the perpetrators to book.”

He further assured that God will not fail to help the state expose all those hiding in the bush to perpetrate such crimes in the state.

Speaking on Sunday at the end of an interdenominational church service to mark the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration at the Government House Chapel, Owerri, Imo State, Uzodimma expressed his belief that the end for the criminals has come.

He commended the people of the state for joining the Armed Forces to celebrate the church service as a prelude to 15 January, the proper date for the celebration.

He said, “The celebration was necessary because the peace we enjoy today is as a result of the supreme price some of our brothers and sisters paid to keep the nation together and give us peace.”

He added, “It is in the wisdom of the federal government that the period is set aside to pray for the soul of these our brothers and sisters, and to commiserate with their families to bear the loss with fortitude.”

Uzodimma assured that the administration is doing its best to support the Armed Forces to keep and maintain peace, noting that “the ugly stories of yesterday about Imo State are now a thing of the past.”

He further explained that the government is ready and willing to help the hiding criminals if they come out of their hiding to do something meaningful, pointing out that only “when all of us do things that are meaningful will life be better for everyone.”

He said, “Politics will come and go, governors will come and go, Imo State will remain.”

The governor cautioned against people encouraging barbarism, vandalism, killing and maiming of innocent and vulnerable brothers and sisters for no just cause, asserting that at the end of the day, all will answer for their deeds before God, because the ways of God are different from our own ways.

In his homily, Rev Fr (Dr) Augustine Agowuike harped on sacrifice and compared the lives of the Armed Forces who paid the supreme price to secure the nation and state to that of Jesus Christ who laid down his life on the cross to set us free from sin.

He urged the Christian faithful to continue to support and pray for the Armed Forces and other sister agencies so that their sacrifices will not be in vain.

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