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| Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba |
THE Rivers State Police Command said on
Saturday that it had begun a manhunt for the
killers of the former council chairman of Ogba/
Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, Chief
Christopher Adube and eight other persons.
The unknown gunmen also shot and killed
Adube’s two children, his driver and some
members of the All Progressives. Congress who
visited him at his Obrikom residence.
Two persons were injured during the mayhem
unleashed in Obrikom/Obor communities while
the hoodlums escaped unscathed.
Reacting to the incident on Saturday, the State
Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad
Mohammad, told Sunday PUNCH that contrary
to reports that seven persons lost their lives in
the night raid, the hoodlums actually killed nine
persons.
Mohammad explained that the police was
leaving no stone unturned to track down those
responsible for the killing of the ex-council boss,
his children and six others.
He said, “It was about 19.30 hours of last Friday
when some unknown armed men invaded
Obrikom/Obor communities and went on a
shooting spree, killing nine and injuring two in
the process.
“The house of an APC House of Assembly
candidate, Vincent Ogbuagu, was set ablaze.
However, a manhunt for the criminals is on as
we appeal to members of the public to assist in
making available credible information in this
respect.”
The State APC had since reacted to the killing of
the former council chairman and eight others,
even as it identified some of those killed as
party members.
Rivers State deputy chairman of the APC, Prince
Peter Odiche, told Sunday PUNCH that the
Peoples Democratic Party was responsible for
the night raid that claimed nine lives in Obrikom
and Obor communities.
“We are not unaware that this is the handiwork
of the PDP as this is happening few days to the
governorship election. The PDP in ONELGA want
to intimidate us; they (PDP) don’t want APC
members to come out and vote on April 11,”
Odiche stated.
But the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr.
Samuel Nwanosike, dismissed Odiche’s claim,
maintaining that the APC was always politicising
matters bordering on human lives and security.
“If the APC chieftain is accusing. the PDP in
ONELGA for an incident that just occurred, then
the police should interrogate him (APC chieftain).
The PDP in ONELGA is not violent. So, the police
should be allowed to do their investigation.”
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