PANDEF demands South-South security outfit as suspected herdsman kills 26-year-old man The Punch
Published 28 June 2021
THE people of Egbede community in the Ogba/Egbrma/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have cried out over the continued invasion of their farmlands by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
They alleged that one of their sons, 26-year-old Nonye Nwa-Omoku, was shot dead by a herdsman in the community last Thursday without any provocation.
An eyewitness, who claimed he escaped death by the whisker, said the incident occurred in the evening, when they saw a herder approaching their direction.
According to him, “We don’t even know what happened; we just saw the Fulani man coming towards us. Next thing, he shot at my direction, I dodged,
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Published 15 June 2021
The family of the 92-year-old monarch of Ayama Ekede community in the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Bibama Ekpirikpo, has accused the police of demanding a huge sum of money to search for him.
The monarch was kidnapped by gunmen on Monday, May 17, 2021, from his residence in Andoni.
His son, Jonathan, who spoke exclusively to our correspondent on Monday, said the kidnappers had yet to contact any member of the family.
He expressed fear over his father’s fragile state of health, even as he reiterated his call on the Rivers State Government to intervene.
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The Rivers State Police Command has described as accidental discharge the killing of a bus driver in Rivers State by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).
Confirming the killing of the bus driver popularly known as “Biggie” the NSCDC official, attached to the Rivers State Taskforce on Street Trading and Illegal Motor Park the State PPRO, Nnamdi Omoni said the command was investigating the incident to unravel what transpired between the deceased and the suspect.
He said that mobile Police Officers have been sent to the area to restore sanity.
An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the Rivers State Task Force, reportedly shot and killed a commercial bus driver yesterday in Port Harcourt a situation that caused commercial bus drivers to protest causing pandemonium around the Ada George Road area of Obio/Akpor local council.