vigilante groups and the Imo Security Network established and
commissioned by Chief Rochas Okorocha soon after assuming office.
Similarly, the police warned that any person or group of persons found
to be in possession of firearms at the expiration of the two weeks
deadline, would be ruthlessly dealt with.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdulmajid Ali, read the riot
act in Owerri, when he unveiled the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the
Command.
Apart from banning their use of firearms, the CP also accused the
security outfits of engaging in acts not in consonance with their
briefs.
"The armed groups have been terrorizing innocent members of the
society and have become law not themselves. They have reportedly been
running illegal detention cells across the state, as well as being
involved in extortion and several other unlawful acts," Mr. Ali said.
The Imo police boss noted that "if the activities of these desperate
contraptions were not disarmed and their activities strictly
monitored, it may get to a stage when they will get out of control and
become an albatross to the police and society."
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