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What kidnappers did to me – Imo monarch

The Sun News On-line "The traditional ruler of Nkwerre Community in Nkwere Local Government council of Imo State, Eze Chijioke Okwara has called on the Federal Government to declare the South-East geopolitical zone an emergency security area.

The embattled monarch who recently regained his freedom from yet-to-be identified kidnappers at Ubakala in the Umuahia South Council area of Abia State said to stem the upsurge of violent crimes including abduction and kidnappings now ravaging the zone, the Federal Government must set the necessary machinery in motion to change the “get rich quick syndrome of the youths.”"

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