Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that those responsible for the
premeditated and brutal ambushes and murders of security personnel in the State have been apprehended.
The Governor who disclosed this in a Statewide broadcast on Saturday following the recent security breaches in the State, said the suspects are
now facing the bitter venom of the laws .
He thanked the people of the State for their support for all the measures undertaken so far by the government to check the attacks.
Governor Wike announced that the curfew imposed on Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpir Local Govt Areas has been relaxed abit, while that of the remaining 21 LGAs remain unchanged.
“The current night time curfew in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, will now be effective from 8.30 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. from Sunday 16th May 2021, while the prevailing starting to closing time-frame of 7.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. still continues to apply to the curfew in the rest of the 21 Local Government Areas of the State until further notice.”
Wike warned that the nation’s security agencies are on ground to strictly enforce the State-wide curfew as reviewed and arrest and prosecute any intransigent person or group that might fail to comply.
The Governor appealed to any one not to hesitate to pass on every valuable nugget of information relating to the evil conclaves, plots and potential assaults and breaches to the security by evil-minded Nigerians and their collaborators, to the attention of the law enforcement agencies for appropriate counter actions.
“We can assure you that with such vital and credible intelligence gathering and information sharing with the Government and the security agencies we have the capacity, will and the strength to overwhelm and completely rout these faceless terrorists and neutralize their threats to our God-given natural rights to live in peace and go about with our daily lives without any cause to fear about our safety and security in any part of our own land”, the Governor assured.
