The Amanyanabo-in-Council, the titled Citizens Assembly of Ancient Grand Bonny Kingdom has described as shocking, the murder of their son and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Oliver Inoma Abbey.
Mr Abbey, the area commander of Oraifite Police station was killed during a clash with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB which left four IPOB members and two police officers dead.
The council, in a statement by SE-ALABO DAGOGO S. WILCOX, Chairman, Bonny Chiefs’ Council, described as unacceptable, the “brutality employed by the mindless perpetrators in the execution of the murder of our son and another personnel of the Police Force on the sad day”.
“The grave consequences of that act, we believe, are not lost on the murderers and their conspirators.
“In this regard, we as a People, make a strong call on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as a matter of urgency, to issue the necessary orders and commands to all the relevant security services to use their best skills to fish out and bring to justice the perpetrators of this inhuman and primitive act as expeditiously as possible.
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“With sorrowing hearts, we empathize with his wife, Dr. (Mrs.) Rita Inoma-Abbey (a serving senior member of the Nigerian Police), members of his immediate family, and the Abbey-Hart Chieftaincy House of our Kingdom, and fervently pray God Almighty to comfort them.
“Knowing how provocative the death of ACP Oliver Inoma-Abbey is, it is incumbent on us to remind our people that we are known to be peaceful and so, we advise restraint and eschew the thought of any form of reprisal because two wrongs can never make a right.
“In line with the Federal and Rivers State Government’s position on IPOB, we hereby advise that there should be no gatherings in the name of IPOB in the Kingdom, as a preventive measure to forestall any further provocations or reasons to instigate violence in our Kingdom.
“We also use this opportunity to call on the Rivers State Government to continue to enforce the ban across the State on all IPOB activities.
“This should be so by reason of the status of IPOB and the fact that the successful execution of the Oraifite incident could become an impetus for replication elsewhere”.
