Rampaging
gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have killed a chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Godspower Ayodu, and six other persons in Omoku,
the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The
Chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Council, Augustine Ahiamadu, in
a telephone interview, expressed shock at the murder, which he said took place
in the ancient town on Friday evening, with the gunmen moving from house to house,
killing innocent people.
He
disclosed that the gunmen were shooting sporadically in Omoku, which hosts the
Federal College of Education (Technical), with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company
(NAOC) and Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Ltd, as well as oil
servicing companies, among others, operating in the area.
The
council chairman described the unfortunate incident as condemnable, while
calling on the police and other security agencies to apprehend the perpetrators
of the dastardly act and prosecute them, to serve as a deterrent to others.
Ahiamadu
noted that the inability to arrest the killers and hoodlums would embolden
other criminals to even commit worse crimes in the LGA and other parts of the
state and beyond.
The council boss also urged the people of the LGA, especially Omoku, to remain calm and be law abiding, stressing that a combined team of policemen and operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) had commenced special patrol of the LGA.
The council boss also urged the people of the LGA, especially Omoku, to remain calm and be law abiding, stressing that a combined team of policemen and operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) had commenced special patrol of the LGA.
When
contacted, the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muhammad Kidaya
Ahmad, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), noted that it was a clash
involving suspected rival cult groups, with investigation in progress.
Ahmad also admonished
Rivers people with information on persons with bullet wounds to alert the
police, while assuring that their identities would be well protected.
No comments:
Post a Comment