By Douglas Princemola

We, the leadership of ORSU LGA (Odimma ORSU) has come out to put an end to the endless killings and insecurity across the communities in ORSU. 

The recognized sociocultural organization known as "Odimma Orsu Initiative", have expressively encouraged members of the communities from across the Local Government Area not to panic but to welcome the presence of the Nigerian Military officers and other government security agencies .

This is coming shortly after the declaration of the so-called "Operation Sweep" by the Nigerian Military against hoodlums (banditries, insurgency and insecurity) in the SouthEastern States of the country.

In a Press Conference held on Tuesday, July 18th 2023 in Owerri by ODIMMA ORSU INITIATIVE ably led by the Chairman, Eze-Elect Eze E I Nwokedi (Ekwuru 1 of Ekwuru Orsu).

It reads:"We of ODIMMA ORSU and the entire people of Orsu LGA once again express total commitment to the restoration of law and order, peace and security of life and property across the length and breadth of Orsu LGA.

To this end, we are aware of recent orders issued by the Military High Command to appropriate Military personnel to takeover troubled communities, tackle the criminals making life unbearable for residents and indigenes of such communities for the soonest restoration of law and order, peace and tranquillity.

We have accordingly approached the Military authorities to offer the cooperation of law abiding, peace loving Orsu people who are willing to accord them the assistance necessary for the success of the mission.

The leadership of ODIMMA ORSU INITIATIVE therefore calls on all law abiding people of Orsu to see the Military and other Government security personnel deployed to restore law and order in our troubled communities as partners helping to protect us and secure our properties from the hooligans who have defiled our land and oppressed our people for over two years.

Consequently, Odimma Orsu Initiative hereby calls on the good people of Orsu not to be afraid and/or run helter skelter whenever they set their eyes on the Nigerian Military personnel and other Government security agents on patrol in various parts of the LGA.

Contrary to the mischievous propaganda disseminated by the criminals and their collaborators, Soldiers and other Government security agents are our friends, not enemies. The aim of the Military officers coming into Orsu is to foster peace, enhance security and to restore normalcy.

The people of Orsu should embrace the Military and offer maximum cooperation needed to restore peace.

In defense of the strategic interest of our people, the leadership of ODIMMA ORSU INITIATIVE held a critical meeting with authorities of the Nigerian Military in Imo State to work out modalities for implementation of the orders of the Military High Command in a manner that assures smooth effectiveness with zero collateral damage to our innocent and law abiding people.

The Military will go inside the communities to fish out the perpetrators and the criminals and hand them over to the appropriate quarters to do the needful in making sure justice take it's shape so they can  face the wrath of the law.

As concered leaders and critical stakeholders in Orsu, we once again plead with some of our youths who had been integrated into the inglorious activities of bandits and criminals operating in Orsu to repent and embrace the Amnesty Programme of the Imo State Government before it becomes too late for them.

Thank You.

Signed:

Eze-Elect, Eze E.I. Nwokedi,
Chairman, 
Odimma Orsu Initiative.


During the press briefing in Owerri, some well meaning leaders from Orsu LGA who were present at the press conference includes: The Orsu Local Government Sole Administrator, Hon.Onyekachukwu Eze, the Provost of Odimma Orsu Initiative, Nze Michael Mbamala, and host of other well meaning sons and daughters of Orsu LGA, who in their respective comments, appealed to their fathers, mothers, youths and young once to embrace the presence of the Military and not to afraid, even as they insisted in their believe on the gazetted amnesty programme of the Shared Prosperity Government in Imo".