Gov Otti and AVM Abubakar 


Abia State Governor Alex Otti on Friday pledged that the State government would readily pay the sum of N30 million  to encourage anyone that has useful information that would lead to the apprehension of the criminals who came here to terrorise us, referring to those behind the killing of five officers of the Nigerian Army at Obikabia junction in Obingwa LGA of the State 


Gov Otti made the promise  while receiving the Nigerian Airforce, NAF, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hasan Bala Abubakar who paid him a working visit in relation to establishing a NAF Base in the State.


Gov Otti remarked that his government has placed a bounty of N25 million on information that would lead to apprehension of the culprits, but according to him: "... just yesterday, an Abia son, who also comes from Obingwa and lives in the United States of America, sent us ₦5 million to upgrade the bounty to ₦30 million


"So, I’m happy to announce that the bounty has been just upgraded to ₦30m" the Governor said, describing the tragedy as "very unfortunate isolated incident".


He reiterated the commitment of the Abia State Government to work with the various security agencies to ensure that the ugly incident of May 30 did not happen again. 


"We are very, very single-minded about it. We must fish them out and ensure that they will get the message that this place is a no-go area for terrorists, for killers, for kidnappers and criminals"


AVM Abubakar in his response  commiserated with the State Government on the unfortunate incident, which led to the loss of five soldiers at Obikabia, assuring that the Nigerian Air Force would partner other security agencies to bolster security in the State