Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, this morning described Monday’s bombing of the luxury bus park in Kano that killed scores of innocent Igbos as “not only barbaric but utterly evil, callous, condemnable and does not in any form reflect our belief and culture.”

Okorocha in a statement released in Owerri, the Imo State capital, signed by Commissioner for Information, Strategy, Culture and Tourism, Chinedu Offor, “sympathised with the government and people of Kano State and families of those that lost their lives and properties.”

He assured that “the state government has put the security agencies on red alert to forestall any form of reprisal attack.”

“The general public are therefore enjoin to discountenance the rumor of reprisal attack making rounds in some quarters and go about their lawful engagements without any fear as their security is well guaranteed,” the statement said, adding:

“We also wish to reassure the entire people of the state including our brothers and sisters from the northern part of the country that government has put in place the necessary security measures for adequate protection of lives and property, and will not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with anyone that may hide under whatever guise to perpetrate crime in the state.”

•Photo: Governor Okorocha.