Soldiers take over Aba as Gov Orji revokes amnesty amnesty

Combined team of soldiers, naval police, the anti-terrorist and anti-robbery detectives have taken over major streets and corners of Aba, the commercial capital of Abia state.

They are combing every nooks and cranies in an effort to rescue 15 pupils of Abayi International School who were kidnapped last Monday on their way to school, by armed men , suspected to be kidnappers.
The action followed the revocation of the amnesty package offered the kidnappers by the state governor, Theodore Orji who was heavily touched by the actions of the kidnappers.

The Governor had last night lamented why the kidnappers would not accept his offer of peace, adding that the amnesty offer did not mean that government was weak. Rather, he said he was only trying to avoid collateral cosequencies that would befall innocent citizens when government match them force with force.
Daily Sun learnt that the Federal Government had deployed the combined team of the military and the police to comb the city and surburbs to rescue the abducted children.

It was also gathered that the combined team is close to identifying the hideout of the kidnappers and where they are keeping the kidnapped children , adding there are hopes that the children will soon be released.
A reliable source also told Daily Sun that the kidnappers were considering releasing the children as they were under serious pressure from the military men who have been combing every bush around the local area.
The kidnappers were said to have been calling those who they were bent on negotiating with, on the way on the way forward

Story From CHUKS ONUOHA, Umuahia.
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