By Williams Odunze
Imo State House of Assembly has flayed the gruesome murder of a pregnant woman identified as Mrs.Chinwendu Amadi at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport calling on relevant authorities to apprehend the assailants to face the law.
The house made the call following the motion moved by Obinna Egu , member representing Ngor-Okpala Constituency in the Assembly where the deceased hails from.
Moving the motion, Egu informed the house that the brutal killing of the expectant mother who hails from Awogu Logara Autonomous Community Ngor-Okpala LGA has sent shocking waves throughout the Airport premises and surrounding communities as they are now leaving in perpetual fear not knowing what may happen next.
He said that the act has incited wide spread outrage and condemnation describing it as double tragedy following the lost of the unborn child.
The lawmaker while urging his colleagues to join in condemning the act demanded for perimetre fencing at the premesis of the Airport inorder to control movement of people.
Egu also called for a police station to be established within the axis to checkmate movement of people around the area.
The House after much deliberations on the motion resolved to call on the security agencies to conduct thorough investigation on the murder of the pregnant woman, identify the perpetrators and ensure they face full consequences of the law.
The House also resolved to urge the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria,FAAN, to construct a perimetre fencing within the Airport premises to enhance security and prevent unauthorized access to the airport.
