The Rivers
State Police Command has arrested 30 kidnappers,20 cultists, and foiled 10
armed robberies, 6 suspected armed robbers, 5 cultists and 9 kidnappers were
fatally wounded. The Command has also rescued 30 kidnapped victims and
recovered 20 firearms, 229 assorted ammunition, 15 vehicles recovered, among
others.
The
Commissioner of Police, CP Francis M. Odesanya made the disclosure in a press
briefing held at the state headquarters, Port Harcourt on November
4th, to
unveil the modest achievement recorded by the command. Read the full report
below:
"Gentlemen
of the press.
It is with
great pleasure that I heartily welcome you to this Press Briefing, to meet and
chat with you and possibly share with you some of the modest successes and
achievements recorded by the command under my watch. As you can agree with me,
it has not been easy with the command since my assumption of duty as the
Commissioner of Police. On my assumption of duty, I clearly expressed my
disposition and resolve to fight crime and criminality to a standstill in the
state. By His Grace, I have kept faith with that. Also in my maiden address I
charged my men to brace up to the challenges and warned criminals to repent,
relocate or face the full weight of the law. And we are not going back on it. I
came at a time when the state was bedeviled with all manners of criminal
activities like Cultism, Kidnapping, Murder and Armed Robbery. Apparently you
can agree with me that these crimes have drastically reduced. We took the war
to them and the onslaught has been wonderful. We have raised the bar and we
pledge to do more giving the support of all and sundry.
It is on
this note, Gentleman that I hereby humbly present to you some of the
significant breakthroughs we have recorded in the last one month.
They
Include.
1. ARREST OF
NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPERS/ARMED ROBBERS:
The
Command’s Tactical Units and the IGP’s Monitoring Unit arrested the following
Persons:
• Chibuike
James Okwuonu Amuzuo ‘m’
• Amadi
Nathaniel Akokpe ‘m’
• Ezims
Aleru ‘m’
• Junior
Aleru ‘m’
The suspects
confessed to have carried out the operation that led to the death of Barrister
Ken Atsuwete a Port Harcourt based human right lawyer who was killed on the
29th day of August, 2016 at Omuchiolu Road Aluu. They also confessed to have
carried out the attack at Rumuji Police Station that led to the death of a
Police Sergeant. They are helping the Police in Investigation at the IGP’s
Monitoring Unit.
Exhibits
recovered include:
• 1 AK 47
Rifle
• 124 Live
Ammunition
• 4 AK 47
Magazines
•
Investigation is on-going
2. DEATH OF
NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPER/CULTIST/ MURDERER:
The Leader
of the dreaded Icelander cult group popularly known as ‘Shina Rambo’ who led
the cult group that killed a Police sergeant, died as a result of the gunshot
wounds he sustained during the encounter that led to the death of the sergeant.
He was quickly buried in a shallow grave at the Egbema Water front Borikiri,
his cult members were arrested.
They are:
• Godday
Bright ‘m’
• Loveday
Simon ‘m’
• Gift
Isreal ‘m’
They are
helping the Police in investigation
3. ARREST OF
ARMED ROBBERS/KIDNAPPERS:
The IGP’s
Monitoring Unit led by CSP Ben Igweh through credible intelligence arrested the
following persons:
• Alex Oburu
(General and Leader of the Gang) ‘m’
• Stanley
Daniel ‘m’
• Kelvin
Ntanta ‘m’
• Goodluck
Nwaobakata ‘m’
The suspects
are among the six gun men that are terrorizing ONELGA and Ahoada LGA and are
the people that kidnapped eighteen passengers of ONELGA links were they burnt
the ONELGA office complexes and the bus and took the eighteen passengers
hostage. They are also the gang that kidnapped one Ekezie, the driver to the
former chairman of ONELGA, Mr. Raymond Wokocha, collected one million and still
killed the driver. The body of the driver has been exhumed. They are also the
gang that kidnapped fourteen Nest Oil workers. They are also responsible for
the kidnap of an accountant one Tabolayefa Ozagu, who was kidnapped along
Ahoada Mbaima road. Following a tip off the IGP unit arrested them after
receiving the ransom of N840.000.00 which was recovered from them.
4. ARREST OF
A NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPER ARMED ROBBER AND MURDERER:
Again acting
on intelligence the IGP monitoring unit smashed a gang of notorious kidnappers
led by one Amadi Nkasiobi alias Italian. The gang is responsible for all the
criminal activities around Ubima/Ishiokpo/ Ibaa/Obelle/Ogbodo/Elele/Omerelu and
Aluu on storming his camp at Isiokpo they attacked the Police we over powered
them and Chika Amadi was arrested and he identified the SKULL of Late Ebubedike
Wabali ‘m’ who was a leader of Degbam cult who was brutally killed by Amadi
Nkasiobi alias Italian.
Items
recovered include:
• Late
Ebubedike Skull
• Locally
Formulated Charms
• Local
Drums
5. ARREST OF
DREADED KIDNAPPERS/RECOVERY Of ARMS/AMMUNITION:
On 12/10/16
at about 1415 Hrs acting on credible intelligence, one Daniel Gabriel ‘m’ 23yrs
who confessed to have carried out 15 kidnapping cases and mentioned all his
gang members. In an operation that lasted more than 8 hours, the gang members
were arrested.
They are:
• Alaso Igbo
‘m’ 27yrs
• Akeodi
Aselemi ‘m’ 34yrs
•
Ayibinmotei Livinus ‘m’ 25yrs
• Anikuna
Arikunka ‘m’33yrs
• Biobele
Elijah ‘m’ 34yrs
• Efiye Anda
‘m’ 34yrs
• Daniel
Lessor ‘m’ 33yrs
• Isaac
Reuben ‘m’ 27yrs
Exhibits
recovered from them include:
• 1 AK47
Rifle with Breach No. 0731
• 4 Magazine
and 40 Rounds of live Ammunition
• Face Masks
•
Operational Vehicles (Green Mazda car without Reg. No)
6. RECOVERY
OF POLICE RIFLES:
In an
incident that took place at the Rex Lawson waterfront, where two Police
Officers were shot by suspected cultists and their Rifles snatched. Operatives
of the command recovered the two Rifles, one AK47 Rifle with No. AB 350465 and
One Pump Action gun.
7. CULTISM:
The
Command’s Anti-Cultism Unit arrested the Following Persons who have confessed
to belonging to different cult groups in the state.
They are:
• John
Bassey ‘m’
• Gift Ogolo
‘m’
• Ogbonna
Okorie ‘m’
• Chigozie
Onyike ‘m’
• Samuel
Onyeche ‘m’
• Nnanke Eke
‘m’
• Prince
Akpoma ‘m’
• Sunday
Akueke ‘m’
• Joshua
Emmanuel ‘m’
• Barika
Kimai ‘m’
• Ifeanyi
Eges ‘m’
• Kennedy
Nkem ‘m’
• Emeka
Godwin ‘m’
• Mene
Fineface ‘m’
• Okechukwu
Kelly ‘m’
• Okudili
Eze ‘m’
• Samuel
Danjuma ‘m’
• Chimamkpa
Okechukwu ‘m’
• Alimi
Ogolo ‘m’
• Goodluck
Abuchi ‘m’
They are
alleged to belong to different cult groups terrorising the State. They have
made useful confessions and will be charged to court as soon as investigations
are over.
Items
Recovered From Them Include:
• 6 Locally
made Single Barrel short gun with 7 live cartridges
• Large
quantities of beverages allegedly stolen from a store in Igwuruta
• Toyota
Camry with Reg No. FST 813 BP
• One Long
Sword
• 1 Short
Pistol gun
• 4 phones
• 8 Body
guard Spray Tear gas
• 1 Security
electric shocker gadget
• 2 heavy
duty stun
• 1 Motorola
walkie-talkie
• I
Branovery Radio
• 1 Security
Belt
• 3 Piston
guard
• 1 body
guard tear gas
• 4 handset
Packs
• Revolver
Pistol /.9mm live Ammunition
SUMMARY OF
ACHIEVEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
No. of
Kidnappers Arrested - 30
No. of Armed
Robberies foiled - 10
No. of
Suspected Armed Robbers fatally wounded - 6
No. of
Suspected Kidnappers Arrested - 25
No. of
Suspected Kidnappers fatally wounded - 9
No. of Kidnapped
Victims rescued - 30
No. of
Suspected Cultists arrested - 20
No. of
Suspected Cultists fatally wounded - 5
No. of
Firearms recovered - 20
No. of
assorted Ammunition recovered - 229
No. of
Vehicles recovered - 15
No. of other
exhibits recovered - 20
No. of
Magazines recovered - 4
"Lastly,
let me once again thank you for your time and continue to appeal to members of
the Public for a sustained partnership with the Police as we fight crime in the
state. My doors are open to all. I will gladly receive anybody who comes to
share information with me. The command under my watch will continue to be
professional and focused in the discharge of our constitutional mandate. We
promise to do even better, especially as we approach the yuletide season,"
the CP said.
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