RAYMOND OZOJI reports
The people of Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State for the very first time in 5 years defiled the compulsory Monday Sit-At-Home yesterday as citizens trooped out en masse for their normal legitimate commercial activities.
HEADLINE NEWS reports that the popular Ihiala-Orlu road down to Total Petrol Station Odata which used to be completely deserted on Mondays following activities of non-state actors was yesterday greeted with a beehive of activities as shops, markets and others were opened for businesses and the people were happy because they have been set free from 5 years of living in bondage occasioned by the unwholesome activities of daredevil gunmen.
A source from Ubahuekwem Ihiala who spoke to HEADLINE NEWS in anonymity, said the people of Ihiala will forever remain grateful to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo for introducing Udo Ga Achi Security Operations in the state especially in Ihiala where the source confirmed that the impact of the new special intervention force can not be overemphasized.
The source noted that apart from being liberated from the treachery of criminals, government has also raided fake native doctors operating in the villages in Ubahuekwem community while criminals terrorizing Ihiala are now fleeing from the area, adding that the victory over the usual Monday Sit-At-Home is a big relief to the people.
Another source from Eziani in Ihiala town equally disclosed that the people are gradually settling down to normal life devoid of the terror and mayhem of unknown gunmen due to the watertight security situation in the area.
The source who also pleaded anonymity, stated that people who initially ran away from Ihiala to seek refuge in other places at the heat of insecurity, were now returning back to Ihiala to settle because peace has finally prevailed in the area.
The source noted that the fresh air now pervading the entire Ihiala is a moral booster for citizens who absconded to seek safety elsewhere to return to the area because everything is now at ease following total cleansing of the area by operatives of the Operation Udo Ga Achi security squad.
According to the source, people are angry and are determined to fight the criminals themselves because enough is enough and that Ihiala must be free from the bondage and captivity of terrorist criminals even as the source also disclosed that very high profile arrests have been and the culprits currently undergoing interrogations.
The source commended Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo for eradicating insecurity in Ihiala Local Government, emphasizing that the collective decision by Ndi-Ihiala to shun the usual Monday Sit-At-Home on 10th February this year and transacted their businesses from morning to sundown, is a signal that sanity is gradually being restored in Ihiala.
The source who observed that Orlu road has always been under lock and key on Mondays in the last 5 years, said Ihiala is the town that obey the Monday Sit-At-Home most in the entire Southeast. That what transpired at Ihiala on Monday this week showed that the confidence in safety and security is being restored.
The source therefore maintained that Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo's security interventions are indeed yielding positive results in Ihiala because the Udo Ga Achi special force have enthroned a tranquil atmosphere in the area and the people no longer live in fear of criminal insurgencies.
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