His excellency, Hope Uzodimma, the executive Governor of Imo State, has reached out to the families of the murdered security agents in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state.
The just re-elected Governor recognized the anguish they may be going through because of their selfless service to the state and sustainably compensated them.
Recall that the security operatives lost their lives as a result of a deadly ambush by unknown gunmen, the ambush resulted in the painful death of the operatives as their vehicles were not spared either.
Oguwike Nwachuku, the spokesperson to the Governor disclosed on Monday that the governor gave out the sum of N185m to the families of the slain security agents.
The statement read, “Governor Hope Uzodimma has compensated the security agents who were killed in an ambush by unknown gunmen at the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State in the course of carrying out their duties, doling out N185m to the families of the deceased as well as to those who survived the attacks.
“Governor Uzodimma appreciated the fallen heroes and those of them who sustained various degrees of injuries in the course of the attack, working as operatives of the ‘Search and Flush Operations.’
“Addressing the audience in an emotion-laden voice, the governor who remembered how the security agents put their lives on the line to protect the citizens of the state not only prayed God to grant their various families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss but also to grant the survivors quick recovery from the injuries they are currently nursing.”
