Women flee waterfront in Rivers community for fear of being rape by hoodlums

Some women have packed out from Urualla Waterfront in Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State over cases of armed robbery and rape by suspected cultists. A female resident of the community who did not want her name mentioned for security reasons explained that about ten women who narrowly escaped been raped by hoodlums after they were robbed last week are the latest to have fled the area. The resident explained that the hoodlums ordered the ladies to stripe themselves naked after robbing them of their valuables .She stated that in one of the incidents ,the ladies had striped themselves naked when a vehicle blaring serene drove along the street very close to the waterfront which made the robbers abandon the mission of raping their victims and took to their heels ,thinking it was police officers on patrol. She narrated that after the incident so many ladies left the community for fear of further attacks. Investigations revealed that the security situation at the community worsened after the Chief Security Officer who is said to be the head of vigilante group was arrested by the Police for an alleged crime against the state. The other members of the vigilante group were said to have stopped work as the person piloting the affairs of the group is still in Police net. It is of important to note that the community has called for an emergency meeting to deliberate on the way forward as of the time of this report.