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  A man identified as Clifford Woko has accused OSPAC Members in Rumulomeni, Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State of brutalizing him with machete on Saturday last week which made him sustained serious injuries.   Mr Woko in an interview with our correspondent, narrated he got a call on that day from the Engineer at a building site in his care that some persons were at the site demanding for 'matching'  ground levy, which is an illegal fee.  According to Mr Woko, when he came and met the OSPAC members led by their leader,comrade Kenneth Olumeni to know the reason for the levy as Rivers State government had stopped such payment they started beating him. Mr Woko stated that he was forced into the OSPAC vehicle and taken to their  office where he was tied, detained and tortured for hours with machete before his release. He said the site Engineer out of fear paid fifty thousand naira yesterday for the release of some materials used on the site which was s...

 Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign has commended  Rivers State commissioner of police Mr Joseph Mukan for the arrest of two OSPAC members in Rumukpe  Emohua Local Government Area for butchering one wisdom Jeremiah on allegation that he threw a dead snake in one of their member's house claiming that their gods found him guilty of the act.   Secretary of the group  Prince Wiro, in an interview with Newsmen in Port Harcourt called  for thorough investigation into the incident with a view to bringing perpetrators to book to serve as deterrents to others. Speaking further,Mr Wiro noted that a   member of the group accompanied the victim to Rumuji Divisional Police headquarters in Emohua LGA to file a formal compliant today.

Report says police officers suspected to be from special unit of the Rivers State Police command raided OSPAC shrine and office in Rumukpe Emohua Local Government Area of the state and arrested some of their members. Our correspondent gathered that the OSPAC leadership in Rumukpe led by Harrison Wokoma sent messages to  media Houses claiming unknown Police men abducted their men and raided their office and shrine  without justification.  They claimed the money kept for their gods went missing after the raid.   Earlier we brought you a report that one Wisdom Jeremiah 19 year old  was butchered by OSPAC on allegation of dropping dead snake in one of their member's house.  Our correspondent also gathered that OSPAC  members allegedly beat up the elder brother to the victim who was inflicted with machete cuts for reporting the matter to the police . However, Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer Mr Nnamdi Omoni was yet to confirmed the incident as o...

  One wisdom Jeremiah, a native of Rumuekpe, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State has narrated how he was allegedly butchered with machete by an OSPAC member in the community who accused him of dropping  dead snake in his OSPAC Member's house after the OSPAC personnel reportedly claimed their god found him guilty of the act.  In an interview with our correspondent, Mr Jeremiah explained that as soon as he came back from work, an OSPAC member  known as Obiri Ndubuisi aka 'money die there' came to his house and  told him that he has consulted OSPAC gods and he was told that he dropped dead snake inside the member's house.  Mr Jeremiah said the OSPAC member descended on him with machete which resulted to deep cuts on his leg and injuries on other part of his body despite his plea that he was innocent of the crime being accused of.  The victim who was in serious pains while narrating his ordeal to our correspondent appealed to men of good consci...

  A twenty year old married woman Mrs Believe who was  allegedly raped by one Ogechi Uchendu at Mgbuitanwo in Emohua Local Government area of Rivers State has called for justice.  Mrs Believe, in an interview with our correspondent said  Mr. Uchendu who is husband's friend came to their house on January 13, ,2021, asked for knife to cut plantain after he had enquired and found out that her husband  was not at home.  According to Mrs Believe, the suspect called her attention minutes later and  asked  her to open the door and take plantain she will give to her husband when he comes back.  Mrs Believe stated she opened the door and took the plantain to the kitchen and while she was coming back the husband's friend held her and told her to comply or he will kill her.  She said despite the plea the man dragged her and allegedly raped her on the bare floor at the corridor. Meanwhile, Youth President of the community Chinedu Jeremiah said ...

  Unknown gunmen has killed a police officer attached to Borikiri Police Divisional headquarters in Port Harcourt City Local government area of Rivers State.  Our correspondent gathered that two other officers were seriously injured during the attack at Captain Amangala axis of town .  A resident who preferred to remain anonymous claimed that the act was carried by some cultists terrorizing the area and guns belonging to the police  carted away.  Spokesman  Rivers State Police Command Mr Nnamdi Omoni who confirmed the killing of the police inspector said the Commissioner of Police has ordered an investigation into the matter Mr  Omoni who did not give the identities of the affected police officers also dismissed claims that guns were carted away.    The Spokesman noted that while the officers were on duty unknown gunmen numbering about Seventeen  launched a surprise attack on them, leading to the death of an Inspector of Police, while ot...

  Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspected armed robbers. Police Public Relations Officer Mr Nnamdi Omoni in a statement said the timely arrival of the Police led to the arrest of  the two robbers who were later identified as Sergeant Ibrahim Odege attached to the Operations Department of the Rivers Police Command and one  Sampson Inomoghe 32 year old from Nembe in Bayelsa State.  Mr Omoni said the Suspects confessed to have carried out the robbery attacks among other revelations.  Items recovered from the suspects include three mobile phones belonging to their victims and  one locally made Bareta pistol. The  Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan has condemned the act and ordered the immediate transfer of Suspects and Exhibits to the State Criminal Investigation Department for Investigation, while appealing to the public to increase their security consciousness and report any suspicious character and movement around them to...

  A suspected armed robber who was among two suspects arrested by security guards and residents of Elekahia Housing Estate was seen with an Identity card of the  Nigerian Police.  President  Elekahia Progressive Youth, Prince Aholu told our correspondent  that he got the report that the suspects were arrested during a robbery operation in the area by security guards and called in the Police officers from Elekahia Divisional Police Station in Port Harcourt. Mr Aholu commended the Police for their swift response while urging the Youths to remain calm as the matter is being investigated by the Police.  He urged the Police to pay more attention to Elekahia ring road and railway axis as the areas has become den of criminals. Our correspondent Reports that about 10:30pm on Saturday a motorcycle with two men on it robbed two ladies of their  valuables  at gun point and attempted to rob a man who raised an alarm. 

  A 200 level student from Faculty of Management Science,University of Port Harcourt ,Miss  Jeremiah Blessing, a native of Akwa/Ibom state  who was shot by three man robbery gang at the front of a public toilet close to Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology in Port Harcourt on Wednesday 13th January 2021 narrates her ordeal .  Miss Jeremiah who spoke with our correspondent revealed that after robbing her of her valuables, the gunmen dragged her towards the toilet in order to rape her.  Stating that her refusal to follow them landed her a gun shot She however ,lauded  security Agents and President  Student Union Government of College of Health who came to her rescue and immediately called in the Police that took her to the hospital. The survive victim appealed to security agencies to station a patrol van around the area for adequate security.

  A 68 year old Retired Police Officer, Elder Sunday  Udoh, who said his son was unlawfully murdered by Disbanded SARS Operatives  on the 6th of July, 2017, have demanded that the corpse of his son Nsikan  Udoh be released to him for a proper burial. Elder Udoh while testifying before the State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Police Brutality, narrated that his 30 years old son whose life was cut short was  arrested on  July 5, 2017, by Officers of Nkpolu Police Division Mile 3, Diobu, paraded at the Police Headquarters Moscow Road same day where he told Newsmen that he was not guilty of the offence. According to him, the suspects who were arrested alongside his son also testified before the Police that his late son was not involved in the case, but the then Commissioner of Police transfered them to SARS office Rukpokwu. He told the panel that his son got to SARS office around 6pm same day , and at about 3am the following morning, his son was confirmed de...

    Suspected armed robbers around 9pm today shot an unidentified lady at the front of a public toilet close to Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology in PortHarcourt.  President  Student Union Government of the institution, ThankGod Igwe in an interview with our correspondent said they heard gunshots which made them rush out of the school campus.  Mr Igwe said when they got to the scene the lady was in a pool of her blood and was rushed to the school clinic where first aid was administered on her before she was taken to another hospital by the Police.   Mr Igwe said the hoodlums after robbing the lady, attempted to rape her but it seems her refusal earned her the gunshot injury.  The SUG President stated that the spot where the incident occurred has become a den for criminals and death trap for unsuspecting members of the public.  Mr Igwe called on relevant security agencies and the state Government to provide security a...

  Rivers State Police Command has deployed three hundred and sixty six  special constabularies for community Policing . Addressing the constabularies commissioner of police Mr. Joseph Mukan at the police headquarters in Port Harcourt charged the newly recruits to synergize with the police divisions in their areas for effective community Policing. Mr. Mukan warned that corruption will not be tolerated among the newly recruited special constabularies under his watch. The commissioner told the Special Constabularies not to have the mindset of making money through corruption in the course of their duty. The Command boss admonished the newly recruits to be polite to members of the public and avoid acts that will amount to Human Rights abuses. While noting that the Inspector General of Police,Mr. Mohammed Adamu expects them to be good ambassadors of Nigerian Police force,urged the recruits to always ask questions if they are in doubt of any situation. CP Mukan urged the recruits who...

  Countdown to the sixty days deadline by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike for the commission of Inquiry into alleged police brutality to submit its reports, multiple petitions of murder, brutality and unlawful detention of persons by operatives of the Nigerian police force have continued to gain attention by the panel.   Appearing before the commission, a petitioner, 72 year old Humphrey Nwaiwu has demanded for one hundred million naira compensation from the Nigerian police force for allegedly killing his 28 year old son, Mr Henry Nwaiwu, a graduate of the University of Calabar.   Mr Nwaiwu told the commission that Operatives of the Old GRA police Division shot his son to death with the allegation that he was an armed robber but it was later discovered that the deceased was Innocent.   Another petitioner, Mr Princewill Isinwor accused Operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery squad SARs of killing his younger brother Mr Friday Isinwor on the 11...

  A Vigilante group at Okporo in Rumuodara,Obio/Akpor local Government area of Rivers State has apprehended à member of three man robbery gang, Ndubuisi Igwe popularly known as SS Chief, while they were robbing worshippers coming back from church in the early hours of today . President, Rumuodara Youth Association, Mr Frank Weli who confirmed the incident to our correspondent explained that he got a distress call of the attack on the worshippers and quickly alerted members of vigilante in the area. Mr Weli noted that two members of the gang with AK 47 riffle ran away while the vigilante was able to apprehend 'SS Chief’. The President of Rumuodara Youth Association stated that the suspect was handed over to Okporo Police Station, with a locally made pistol, two cartridges which were recovered from him. He added that the hoodlums inflicted injury on some of their female victims while harassing them indecently. However, spokesman Rivers State Police command, Mr .Nnamdi Omoni was yet t...