The Rivers State Police command said it attention has been drawn to the news making rounds on Social and Traditional media on the State of affairs in Opuoko and Lumene Communities in Khana LGA.
The police public Relations Officer Nnamdi Omoni in a press statement explained that the distorted news should have been ignored as the Command is not given to frivolities and fake news capable of stirring disaffection and causing panic and tension in the State.
However, in order that the public will not be immediately misinformed and hold erroneous impression resulting from the fake news, the command deemed it necessary to put the records straight and state as follows:that today information got to the command that a group of Cult boys invaded two Communities Opuoko and Lumene in khana local government area where they attacked and killed one person in Opuoko and two in Lumene ,the houses of the LGA Chairman and the former Youth Leader came under attack.
The attackers on sighting the Police took to flight but were chased and two of them arrested, while the trail for others is still on.
The two suspects are Damwua Karagbara Aka Spider and
Dinee Prince.Exhibits recovered from them include: Assorted Phones and Military Camouflage. , calmness has returned in both Communities.
Meanwhile ,the commissioner of Police Dandaura Mustapha has ordered Investigation into the incident with a view to ascertaining the remote and immediate causes of the attack and to bring perpetrators to justice.
The police however appealed to the public to help with useful information that can lead to the arrest of the hoodlums.
By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu As political parties gear towards meeting the Independent National Electoral Commission's deadline of submitting party's candidates, The National Rescue Movement, NRM has on Wednesday 27th, May 2026 declared Reverend Minaibim Harry as its Governorship Candidate for the 2027 election. Reverend Harry who emerged through consensus will fly the party's flag in the 2027 Governorship election in Rivers State. In his declaration, Chairman of the electoral committee who is the National Deputy Chairman of the party, South South, Dr. Lucky Ekeji, said the Governorship candidate was carefully selected among others. Speaking to Newsmen at the sideline of the event, the NRM Governorship candidate, Reverend Harry said his emergence is timely, considering the political situation in Rivers State. " I know that everybody have been talking about peace, but I'll bring peace on another level. I'll bring security to the state, I'll bring employment...
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