Police operation to contain cultists yesterday
allegedly claimed the life of an 83-year-old man in
Mgbuoshimiri community, Obio/Akpor local
government council of Rivers State.
President-General of Mgbuoshimiri Community
Council, Ohazurume Chukwu, who spoke to
journalists, said the man fell down, when the Police
invaded the venue where leaders and elders of the
community were holding a peace meeting.
However, the State Police Command has said that
normalcy has returned to Ogba/Ogbema/Ndoni
local government council after the cult clashes
there which claimed over 20 lives last week.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmad
Muhammad, disclosed that massive police
personnel were deployed immediately to the area
to maintain order warning those engaged in
cultism to desist from their nefarious acts as the
command would not hesitate to arrest and
prosecute anyone found engaging in cult related
activities.
While confirming the incident at Mgbuoshimiri
community Muhammad said the matter was still
being investigated.
President-General of the Community, Chukwu,
disclosed that the Police were shooting into the air
at the venue of their meeting adding that the police
were apparently misinformed by some members of
the community that cultists were gathering there.
What happened was that, this morning, we were in
a meeting, when one Mini, Benson and Anele
(surnames withheld), came with some policemen,
to invade the venue of our meeting. And when we
tried to find out what the reasons are, the
policemen told us that these persons that I
mentioned told them that it was cult members that
were meeting.
And we told them that they can see it was
community that is meeting; and they insisted
because they have been induced. So, they insisted
that they have to arrest some persons; we said no;
whatever tis the problem that they should tell us.
So, in the cause of doing that, the policemen
started shooting at the instruction of the three
persons. They started shooting to the point that
the oldest man in the community, Elder Acho
Maxwell Chukwu; fell down and died as a result of
their shooting”, he narrated.
He called on the state Commissioner of Police,
Musa Kimo, to investigate the persons, who raised
the alarm and bring them to justice stressing that
“the problem is, some few greedy persons want to
eat the commonwealth of the community alone.”
They are the people that instigated the confusion;
and this problem has been for a while. The
agencies that are saddled with the responsibility of
bringing justice, when such a thing is done, should
swing into action and make sure that these three
persons pay for what they have done today. That
is the only way peace can come.
“I am calling for their arrest; I am calling for their
prosecution because they have committed murder.
These three persons have committed murdered.
They have killed a man of 83 years. They killed
him and they must be brought to justice”, he
stated.
It was however gathered that angry youths went on
rampage destroying property of those who were
alleged to have raised the false alarm
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