Imo  Community Takes Decisive  Step  to Checkmate  intake of illicit drugs by  it’s youth    

Victor  Duruamaku  Owerri

An  Imo Community, Umueze Ogwa in Umueze/ Abazu Ogwa autonomous community in Mbaitoli council area of Imo State, has taken a decisive  step  to checkmate  the high rate of consumption of hard and illicit drugs in the community

Also worrying  the community is the consequent rise in criminal activities in the area in the last three months,  following  the consumption  of  hard  drugs

Following this development  therefore the community has given 48 hours ultimatum to all distributors, dealers and users of illicit drugs in the area to vacate the community immediately or be ready to face the full wrath of the  community leadership .

The community leadership gave the ultimatum  as part of  it’s resolutions reached during an expanded executive meeting of the  Management Committee of the community, “Umueze Patriotic Union (UPU)” held T at the Palace of the Traditional Ruler of the community , Eze Engr. Kenneth Akuneto,and presided over by Rotarian Everest Ezihe, the Interim President of  the Union

The community  leadership observed that most of the  youths have been morally and physically destroyed by the intake of the illicit drugs which includes “guzoro, mkpurumiri, SK, gufu (marijuna) and other dangerous drugs”

The leadership also lamented that most of these youths have been addicted to these drugs which  makes them lack respect and willingness  to do any meaningful activities for themselves and humanity.

According  to  the  community leadership, “a secret pro-active intelligence security committee has been formed in each of the 9 villages that constitutes Umueze Ogwa community to fish out all those distributing, dealing and using the illicit drugs”

The leadership, assured that after the expiration of the ultimatum which ends by midnight of Friday 3rd December, 2021  any body caught dealing with illicit drugs in the community will be decisively dealt with within the confines of the law and tradition.

It therefore  advised all those dealing with illicit drugs as well as those involved in criminal activities in the community to henceforth leave the community or have themselves to blame as the entire community is already alerted  the state security agencies on it’s decision