Residents of Okigwe in Imo state now sleep with one eye open as armed bandits rampage the ancient town with reckless abandon. (Picture shows Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo state) The activities of these men of the underworld have assumed a very disturbing dimension, as residents are being raided virtually every night since the past two weeks.
Perhaps, the worst hit by this evil wind are residents of Okpara Road Street and Umuinem Village, a suburb of the ancient town, where peoples’ houses are routinely raided every night, especially, during rainfalls.
As a result, some residents have resorted to vigil as a defensive mechanism.
A visitor to the near-dormant town would mistake the chanting of the residents at night watch to be the songs of a Pentecostal Church in a marathon deliverance prayer session.
Findings, further, reveal that once it is mid-night, most residents begin to beat drums and gongs, shouting and chorusing as if in a singing competition all in a bid to scare the night marauders.
Meanwhile, not much appears to have been done by the security agencies as the hoodlums are yet to be tnabbed despite obvious increased police patrol around town.
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