Soldiers in Abia have killed some kidnappers attempting to escape to the neighbouring Rivers State, the Special Adviser to Abia state governor, Captain Awa Udonsi has said.

He said the soldiers shot the kidnappers who were trying to flee in to Rivers state from Ukwa West area of the state through Eberi Omuma river.

Speaking with journalists in Umuahia while receiving the keys of 20 vehicles given to the police and the army who are now based in the state for their operation, Udonsi said that most of the kidnappers have been arrested and handed over to the police.

Udonsi said that the security situation in the state has improved especially in Aba as the city is now calm, adding that the Ukwa West, Ugwunagbo, Osisioma areas have been locked up by the military. 　

He assured that the in no distant time that all the areas in the entire Ngwa zone will be cleared of all forms of criminality, "in the next one week the entire Ukwa/Ngwa area of the state will be cleared of all criminal activities in the state".　

The security adviser to the governor also said that the GOC, 82 Div, Enugu who is the leader of the military team,　is on the trail of the kidnapping kingpins and has established links with the Interpol should they escape from the country.

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@ OP,

The alleged photo of the kidnappers you pasted shows them standing with their rifles,please paste the ones of the killed kidnappers
BTW,good news

I wanna know, wetin dey for Aba and Abia in general? There seems to have been very little gist on the matter recently