Governor Alex Otti of Abia State revealed on Friday that the reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators behind the killing of five soldiers at Obikabia junction in Aba has been raised from N25 million to N30 million.
Otti made this announcement during a visit from the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state.
The governor highlighted that the decision to increase the bounty was prompted by an additional contribution of N5 million from a native of the state residing in the U.S.A.
“Interestingly, the government has placed a bounty of N25 million and just yesterday, an Abia son, who also comes from Obingwa and lives in the United States, sent us N5 million to upgrade the bounty 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,” he said.
Otti also said that the state government had also started working with the security agencies to ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the state again.
According to him, the government had been working round the clock to ensure that the state remained safe and secure.
“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.
“We are very single-minded about it. We must fish them out and ensure that they get the message that this place is a no-go area for terrorists, killers, kidnappers and other criminals,” the governor said.