As waves of cult-related and ritualistic killings continue to sweep through the entire state, ripping through communities and leading to mass exodus of residents to places considered safe, a survey conducted by this paper shows that most residents do not believe that the Rivers State Police Command is doing enough to stop the killings.
From Aluu to Rumuji to Ndele to Ahoada East and West back to Eleme, Khana, Gokana and Port Harcourt, cult violence is ravaging the very fabrics of the society.
The police have come out to say after each killing that they are on top of the matter yet little is heard after.
John Dunemene tells theportcitynews.com that the police is not doing enough if at all “they’re doing anything to curtail these killings”
John who lost two siblings during an attack in Eleme said “The boys who came to attack our community killed two of my relatives. Up till today, we have not heard anything from the police on the outcome of the investigation.
“We waited and waited but nothing has been done. No one has been arrested” a tearful John said.
He said that the crisis has reached a point where they sleep with their hearts in their hands.
Although elders and leaders of Bua Zaakpon in Khana Local Government Area are working hard to stop the ravaging criminality in the area, residents say that they are hoping that the intervention by the leadership of the community will bring to an end the killings, stressing that the police have not lived up to the responsibility expected of them.
Two dead bodies were discovered two days apart from each other in Garrison Port Harcourt. Investigation by theportcitynews revealed that one of the victims, Asadu Peace Ogechukwu is from Nsukka in Enugu state.
There have been outcry in the area for the police to solve the mysteries behind the two lifeless bodies discovered dumped in the area.
Akporjumere Udeke survived an attack by hoodlums along the East-West Road in December. He said that the attack on their bus happened in-between two police checkpoints.
He added that he escaped by the whiskers. “I ran back to one of the police checkpoints and informed them of the attack. They told me that they can’t pursue them because their van is bad. I was shocked. The hoodlums whisked all other passengers away”
Some residents said that the police seem overwhelmed by the level of insecurity in the state, stressing that the state government should as a matter of urgency device other means through which it will secure lives and property.
They specifically called on the government to re-activate the suspended neighbourhood watch scheme as an alternative support to the federal government security outfits and mitigate against the killings that have now become a daily activity.
