The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), a civic group, has called on the Inspector-General of Police and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), to bring to an end, alleged indiscriminate arrests, and extrajudicial killings of countless residents of Imo State by the anti-kidnapping unit, “Tiger Base” of the Imo State Police Command.
The Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State on Saturday raised the alarm over what it described as the continued attempts by armed agents in the state to assassinate a member of the House of Representatives representing Ohaji-Egbema, Oguta and Oru West federal constituency, Hon. Uju Kingsley Chima. Chima is also the PDP candidate for the constituency in today’s elections. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of PDP in Imo State, Collins Opurozor, said he had escaped assassination twice including on Friday night.