APC Decries Killing of Members in Rivers

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APC Decries Killing of Members in Rivers

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The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it described as the “massive killing” of its members, especially in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area ONELGA. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, the Rivers APC Chairman made this known yesterday. He also accused the Nigerian police of woeful failure “to provide security for the people of the area.” Mr. Ikanya stated that suspected members of a local cult group known as Icelanders, were behind last Friday’s invasion of Omoku and surrounding communities “where they picked on selected houses of APC members and murdered some of the occupants.” According to him, at least, 26 people were shot dead, with some of them beheaded. He alleged that the homicidel began early evening and lasted till 10 p.m. He accused the police of failing to respond to calls for help “until the killers [had] finished their dastardly mission and left with some of the heads of those they killed.” The APC Chairman decried a statement by the Rivers State Police Command that blamed the killings on an alleged fight between rival cult groups. “This is the most bizarre statement to come out of the Police because they have not, to this moment, named the suspected cult groups,” said Mr. Ikanya. He wondered how the police arrived at their conclusion and challenged them to name the suspected cult groups and their masterminds. He also asked why the police did not “respond to SOS calls from victims and neighbours for the over five hours the killings took place on different streets of Omoku.” The APC Chairman declared that the state police command had resorted to drawing hasty conclusions either to hide their incompetence or protect the sponsors of the killers. It would be recalled that the APC had recently written a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Inspector General of Police, and the Minister of the Interior, among other government officials, about the threat to the lives of the people of ONELGA. The party added that its members in Ahoada East and Ahoada West local government areas had also petitioned government officials, forwarding detailed information about the victims of recent killings in their areas as well as the identities of the suspects.

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