Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers
State, has declared that security agencies would go after suspected
cultists and kidnappers after the expiration of the 60 days amnesty
window.
This is even as the governor noted that criminal activities have caused food insecurity in Rivers communities.
Governor Wike made the statement on
Saturday, October 22, 2016 in Isiokpo, headquarters of Ikwerre Local
Area of the State, during recovery of weapons from repentant armed
youths.
Wike, who spoke through his special
adviser on amnesty and chairman of the State Amnesty Implementation
Committee, Ken Chinda, reiterated that suspected cultists, kidnappers
and other criminal elements, had within the 60 days grace, to surrender
their arms or face security onslaught.
“As a government, we cannot allow this
(criminality) to continue. After the period of the amnesty, we shall go
in and fish them out. We shall not shy away from our responsibility,”
Chinda vowed.
“We will not allow you to rape and kill
married women and girls. We will not allow you to kidnap and chase
investors away from the local government area and the state.
“Those who refused to come out and
surrender their arms, have declared themselves enemies of the state and
Nigeria. What we are doing is to help you. Remember that some of your
members who started with you are no more. You should thank God for
offering you this amnesty. Those who refused to come out, the full
weight of the law will descend upon them and they will not have another
opportunity”, he declared.
In his remarks, the Caretaker Committee
(CTC) chairman of the LGA, Samuel Nwanosike, noted that insecurity had
turned Ikwerreland into a theatre of blood, which led the council to
seek the support of the state government to offer amnesty to youths in
Ikwerre LGA.
He urged the youths to shun kidnapping, cultism and armed robbery, so that business could thrive in the area.
He declared that those, who refused to embrace amnesty would be fished out, by security agents no matter their hideouts.
Members of De-Gbam and Iceland groups in the LGA laid down their arms before members of the Amnesty Implementation Committee.
Leaders of the various units of the two
cult groups in different towns in the LGA, denounced their membership
and signed undertakings of good conducts on behalf of their members.
Thousands of youths accepted amnesty and promised to live a transformed life style.
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