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.
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