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 The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph  Mukan  has threatened to deal decisively with all those who attacked and looted Police Stations in Oyigbo Local Government Area.  The CP who stated this during a meeting with DPOs and HODs of the Tactical Units in the command ordered them to carry out Intelligence and Patrols across the Command to ensure that the items looted are recovered and perpetrators arrested with immediate effect, as some persons have already been arrested and are being prosecuted.  The Police Public Relations Officers Mr. Nnamdi Omoni in a statement explained that the commissioner of police  further warns members of the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra ,IPOB; to relocate from the State as machineries have been put in place to fish them out and would be dealt  with as a Terrorist group.  According to the PPRO, Parents and Guardians are urged to warn their Children and Wards to be law abiding or  bear the full ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has signed an executive order to reinforce the ban on Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities in the State. The Governor maintained that while Rivers State remains the home to all tribes and ethnic nationalities, the State government is opposed to the presence and activities of the legally proscribed and anarchic IPOB and whatever it stands for in Rivers State. Governor Wike, in a state wide broadcast on Wednesday night, said while the Government acknowledge and appreciate the enormous contributions from non-indigenes to the political, social and economic development of the State, it will neither accept nor allow any individual or group from within and outside to violate the peace, endanger lives and property under any guise in the State. “And so, let it be understood that we have nothing against all or any specific tribe and will continue to live in peace with people of all other tribal extractions residing or doin...

  The Rivers State Police Command today played host to the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike who led members of his Executive Council to register his heartfelt condolences to the Inspector General of Police, the Rivers State Police Command and the families of the Officers who lost their lives in the recent senseless and mindless attack by hoodlums suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)   Commiserating with the families of the slain Officers, the Governor who was visibly worried over the sad incident, in the strongest terms, condemned the attack and tasked the Command and other security Agencies in the State to stop at nothing until the perpetrators are arrested and brought to justice, warning that IPOB has no place in Rivers State and as such must leave the State or else the full weight of the law will be brought to bear on them. The Governor, on behalf of the State Executive Council promised to give to each of t...

 Rivers State Executive Council has approved the employment of 5000 youths into the State Civil Service. The approval was given during its meeting today which was presided over by Governor Nyesom Wike at Government House, Port Harcourt. Briefing journalists after the meeting, the State Commissioner for Employment Generation and Empowerment, Mr. Sylvanus Nwankwo said the youths must not be more than 35 years. He said there are existing vacancies in the civil service needing Engineers, Lawyers, Medical Doctors, Technicians and other fields of profession that these youths will fill.  Also addressing journalists, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim said the recruitment drive undertaken by the Wike administration will cushion the employment gap in the state. Nsirim also said that the council approved that civil servants that were asked to stay back at home during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown are to resume work on Monday 2nd November, 2020. "Civil ...

  A magistrate court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded the twenty-one suspected IPOB members to the Correctional Centre shortly after they were arraigned by the Rivers State Police Command. Chief Magistrate A. O.Amadi-Nna who declined to grant them bail also ordered the prosecution team to drop the case file with the registrar of the court for onward transmission to the Director of Public Prosecution unit of the Rivers State Ministry of Justice. Chief Magistrate Amadi-Nna who accepted that his  court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the matter because of the nature of the charges also advised the lawyers to the twenty-one defendants to approach the high court and seek bail for their clients. He however adjourned the case to the 29 th  of December pending the outcome of the legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecution ,DPP;. Our correspondent reports that the suspects were slammed with three different charges of terrorism, cultism, and illegal and unlawful...

 The Rivers State Police Command have paraded twenty one suspects in connection with the recent attacks on police stations in Oyigbo and Omuma local government areas. Eight suspects were arrested at one mile area  while thirteen of them were arrested at Oyigbo local government area. The suspects were alleged to be  members of IPOB who hijacked the EndSARs protest. Briefing Newsmen at the Command Headquarters Commissioner of Police Mr. Joseph Mukan said three stations under Oyigbo Area Command were burnt during the attack. Mr. Mukan explained that another attack was also launched on mile one police station on the same day but were repelled by men of the force while some of the hoodlums were fatally injured and eight arrested. The Commissioner of Police said three officers were killed and burnt to ashes while several vehicles were also burnt. He added that the suspects will be charged to court after investigations.

 The Rivers State Police Command, the  Military, and other security agencies have gone round flash points in the state to ascertained the level of damage caused by suspected IPOB members and hoodlums. The Commissioner of police Mr. Joseph Mukan while briefing Newsmen at the Oyigbo Area command that was allegedly burnt down by IPOB members assured residents of the area adequate protection of lives and property. Mr. Mukan said the DCO in charge of the Area command was killed and burnt as a result of cross fire with the IPOB members. Cp Mukan while charging the investigation team to expedite action noted that perpetrators of the heinous crimes will be brought to book. The commissioner of police also debunked rumor making  rounds on  social media that the DPO of Area command was killed as he conducted the team round the command. Over fifty  vehicles , buildings in the barrack were all destroyed including Armoured Police Carrier ,APC;  in the Area. Our Correspon...