No less than three persons were killed in different parts of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State as an onslaught by soldiers continued on Thursday.
Governor Nyesom Wike had last week declared a dusk to dawn curfew on the LGA after a fallout of the #EndSARS protests led to the burning of police stations and killing of security agents including five soldiers and three policemen. For civilians were also killed by security agents during the crises.
Wike, who blamed the arson and killing on the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB said the curfew will be on until further notice.
But sources in the LGA told theportcitynews that three persons were shot dead by rampaging soldiers who were going house to house in search of items stolen from the burnt police station on Thursday.
The sources said among the killed was a 19-year-old boy and a father of three who was shot in front of his home.
Meanwhile, Community leader, Chief Mike Amachree, has urged Governor Wike to relax the curfew in the LGA.
Amachree said peace has been restored to other parts of the state with the lifting of the curfew, except in Oyigbo Council.
He said: “People are going about their legitimate businesses in the state, except in Oyigbo. A lot of businesses in River State are located there. It is a melting pot for Rivers indigenes and non-indigenes. Every ethnic group in Rivers State-Ikwerre, Okrika, Ogoni, Opobo, Ijaw, Kalabari, and others do business in the local government.
“Oyigbo Council also has a lot of industrial establishments such as the Afam thermal station, cassava processing industry, and others.
“Since the curfew, business activities in the state have been slow. Now that the governor has lifted the curfew in other parts of the state, he should also relax the curfew in Oyigbo.
“I plead with the governor to deploy law enforcement agents there to beef up security while allowing law-abiding citizens and businessmen to go about their lawful businesses.”
