Hunters Seek Collaboration With Soludo’s Govt To Tackle Unknown Gunmen
The Nigerian Forest Security Service says it is ready to collaborate with the Anambra government to rescue its forests from unknown gunmen and other criminal elements.
The NFSS vowed to comb all the forests in the state where killers and kidnappers of innocent citizens had their camps and hideouts. Its commander in Anambra, Destiny Jonas, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Mr Jonas said the call became necessary following the kidnap of an Anambra lawmaker, coupled with the abduction of an Anglican clergy member and the killing of a Catholic priest in the state.
He said the recent brutal killings of eight people in Chigbonu village in Umuike Ubahuekwem in Ihiala on December 30, 2024, by gunmen, as well as other heinous crimes being perpetrated across the state, require...