Governor Okorocha spoke yesterday at the official launch of the Imo Peace Advocate Corps, remarking that Boko Haram elements, herdsmen who kill or members of other groups who engage in heinous crimes should be treated as criminals and their activities should not be viewed from the angle of where they come from, since a criminal is a criminal.
According to the governor, “A lot of criminal activities are going on in our nation and time has come for us to treat criminals as criminals despite where they come from. An armed robber is an armed robber first and foremost. Where he comes from is secondary.”
While stressing that, “Our nation is going through a very turbulent period and it takes only lovers of peace to ensure peaceful co-existence in our nation.
Our mission as responsible indigenes of Nigeria is to ensure peace and pursue peace. I therefore charge the Peace Advocates to be diligent and work with sincerity of purpose”.
In his speech, the executive secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Prof Ben Angwe commended Governor Okorocha for championing peace across the nation, especially with free education through Rochas Foundation and said, such action calls for emulation.
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