Funso Muraina
5 October 2008
Abuja — Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Anyim Ude, has called for urgent action against the spate of bank robberies in Afikpo town, Ebonyi State.
Ude, representing Ebonyi North, made the call in a letter dated Sept 12, he sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro.
The letter was in response to a "Save Our Soul" appeal from bank managers in Afikpo.
The bankers, under the aegis of Afikpo Branch Managers Association, had in a letter dated September 4, addressed to Governor Martin Elechi, and copied to Ude, narrated their experiences in the hands of armed robbers in the area.
Ude told the Okiro that the alarming rate of bank robbery attacks in Afikpo had virtually crippled economic activities in the zone.
He complained that there had been four successful bank robberies in Afikpo between August 2007 and July, this year.
The Senator said several business outfits in the town had either been relocated or closed down, adding that the economic life of the zone had been paralysed, while some banks were threatening to relocate.
He called for urgent action by the police to protect lives and properties in the area, by intensifying road blocks and joint patrols.The lawmaker had in a previous letter dated February 15, drawn the attention of the IG to the same issue.
Chairman, Senate Com-mittee on Aviation, Senator Anyim Ude, has called for urgent action against the spate of bank robberies in Afikpo town, Ebonyi State.
Ude, representing Ebonyi North, made the call in a letter dated Sept 12, he sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro.
The letter was in response to a "Save Our Soul" appeal from bank managers in Afikpo.
The bankers, under the aegis of Afikpo Branch Managers Association, had in a letter dated September 4, addressed to Governor Martin Elechi, and copied to Ude, narrated their experiences in the hands of armed robbers in the area.
Ude told the Okiro that the alarming rate of bank robbery attacks in Afikpo had virtually crippled economic activities in the zone.
He complained that there had been four successful bank robberies in Afikpo between August 2007 and July, this year.
The Senator said several business outfits in the town had either been relocated or closed down, adding that the economic life of the zone had been paralysed, while some banks were threatening to relocate.
He called for urgent action by the police to protect lives and properties in the area, by intensifying road blocks and joint patrols.
The lawmaker had in a previous letter dated February 15, drawn the attention of the IG to the same issue.
Chairman, Senate Com-mittee on Aviation, Senator Anyim Ude, has called for urgent action against the spate of bank robberies in Afikpo town, Ebonyi State.
Ude, representing Ebonyi North, made the call in a letter dated Sept 12, he sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro.
The letter was in response to a "Save Our Soul" appeal from bank managers in Afikpo.
The bankers, under the aegis of Afikpo Branch Managers Association, had in a letter dated September 4, addressed to Governor Martin Elechi, and copied to Ude, narrated their experiences in the hands of armed robbers in the area.
Ude told the Okiro that the alarming rate of bank robbery attacks in Afikpo had virtually crippled economic activities in the zone.
He complained that there had been four successful bank robberies in Afikpo between August 2007 and July, this year.
The Senator said several business outfits in the town had either been relocated or closed down, adding that the economic life of the zone had been paralysed, while some banks were threatening to relocate.
He called for urgent action by the police to protect lives and properties in the area, by intensifying road blocks and joint patrols.
The lawmaker had in a previous letter dated February 15, drawn the attention of the IG to the same issue.
Chairman, Senate Com-mittee on Aviation, Senator Anyim Ude, has called for urgent action against the spate of bank robberies in Afikpo town, Ebonyi State.
Ude, representing Ebonyi North, made the call in a letter dated Sept 12, he sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro.
The letter was in response to a "Save Our Soul" appeal from bank managers in Afikpo.
The bankers, under the aegis of Afikpo Branch Managers Association, had in a letter dated September 4, addressed to Governor Martin Elechi, and copied to Ude, narrated their experiences in the hands of armed robbers in the area.
Ude told the Okiro that the alarming rate of bank robbery attacks in Afikpo had virtually crippled economic activities in the zone.
He complained that there had been four successful bank robberies in Afikpo between August 2007 and July, this year.
The Senator said several business outfits in the town had either been relocated or closed down, adding that the economic life of the zone had been paralysed, while some banks were threatening to relocate.
He called for urgent action by the police to protect lives and properties in the area, by intensifying road blocks and joint patrols. February 15, drawn the attention of the IG to the same issue.
Chairman, Senate Com-mittee on Aviation, Senator Anyim Ude, has called for urgent action against the spate of bank robberies in Afikpo town, Ebonyi State.
Ude, representing Ebonyi North, made the call in a letter dated Sept 12, he sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro.
The letter was in response to a "Save Our Soul" appeal from bank managers in Afikpo.
The bankers, under the aegis of Afikpo Branch Managers Association, had in a letter dated September 4, addressed to Governor Martin Elechi, and copied to Ude, narrated their experiences in the hands of armed robbers in the area.
Ude told the Okiro that the alarming rate of bank robbery attacks in Afikpo had virtually crippled economic activities in the zone.
He complained that there had been four successful bank robberies in Afikpo between August 2007 and July, this year.
The Senator said several business outfits in the town had either been relocated or closed down, adding that the economic life of the zone had been paralysed, while some banks were threatening to relocate.
He called for urgent action by the police to protect lives and properties in the area, by intensifying road blocks and joint patrols.The lawmaker had in a previous letter dated February 15, drawn the attention of the IG to the same issue.
Chairman, Senate Com-mittee on Aviation, Senator Anyim Ude, has called for urgent action against the spate of bank robberies in Afikpo town, Ebonyi State.
Ude, representing Ebonyi North, made the call in a letter dated Sept 12, he sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro.
The letter was in response to a "Save Our Soul" appeal from bank managers in Afikpo.
The bankers, under the aegis of Afikpo Branch Managers Association, had in a letter dated September 4, addressed to Governor Martin Elechi, and copied to Ude, narrated their experiences in the hands of armed robbers in the area.
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