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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has increased the reward for information leading to the capture of those responsible for the killing of five soldiers at Obikabia junction in Aba from ₦25 million to ₦30 million.
Otti made this announcement on Friday during a visit by Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area.
This development follows the governor’s earlier promise of ₦25 million for information leading to the perpetrators’ arrest.
The increased reward sum now stands at ₦30 million, with an extra ₦5 million donated by a resident of the U.S.A. originally from Abia, Obingwa.
Recently, a concerned individual from Abia, also from Obingwa and living in the United States, has donated N5 million to raise the reward to N30 million.
“So, I am happy to announce that the bounty has just been upgraded to N30 million, to encourage anyone that will have useful information that will lead to the apprehension of the criminals”, Otti said
Otti also mentioned that the state government has commenced collaborating with security agencies to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the state again. He stated that the government has been working tirelessly to maintain safety and security within the state.
“We also want to thank the intelligence service of the DSS, as they dispatched quite some people here to help us to unravel this case” ” he added.
Abia Government Increases Bounty On Killers Of Soldiers To N30 Million is first published on The Whistler Newspaper