NewsResidents Desert Rivers Community as Gunmen Kill Vigilante, Son

Residents Desert Rivers Community as Gunmen Kill Vigilante, Son

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August 29, (THEWILL) – Residents of Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers state on Thursday fled their homes, following the gruesome murder of a member of the local vigilante group, identified as Amobi Oguzo, and his son, Prince Oguzo, by unknown gunmen suspected to be cultists.

THE WILL gathered that the gunmen shot and killed Prince Oguzo at his country home on Wednesday night after a frantic search for his father proved abortive. The gunmen, who were determined to kill their target, laid siege to Amobi’s residence where they rounded him up and killed him.

The General Commander of the local vigilance group, known as Onelga Security Planning and Advisory Committee better known by its acronym OSPAC, Emeka Wori, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, described the killing of his colleague and his son as disheartening.

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Wori said that preliminary investigation revealed that relatives of the suspected gunmen left the village, ahead of the attacks, implying that they had foreknowledge of what was about to happen.

He said, “I am not happy with the killing that happened yesterday (Wednesday) and today (Thursday) where some criminals killed the son of our member and later killed the man himself. We thought that crime had ceased in Ibaa community, but right now the killings are becoming a different thing. These boys entered the community and nobody gave information to the security.

“Yesterday, I left Ibaa around 5 to 6pm and when I got to Port Harcourt around 9 pm I was informed that they (the gunmen) had killed Amobi.

“The few places we went to in the community, the people who are close to the killers have all ran away as if they knew that this would happen. We will not condone this anymore.”

It would be recalled that in April, some repentant cultists in the community accused the vigilante group of killing six of their members, an accusation the leaders of the group denied.

In a related development, unknown gunmen on Wednesday night shot an estate agent identified as Alex Frank on Akwuzu/Abakilaka Street in the Mile 1 Diobu area of Port Harcourt.

A source told our correspondent, on the condition of anonymity, that four gunmen who pretended to be customers at a pub in the area shot at the realtor upon sighting him before fleeing from the scene.

Although the reason behind the attack is still unknown, the source disclosed that passersby and residents intervened and rushed the victim to an undisclosed hospital where he is currently receiving treatment.

When contacted, Spokesperson of he Rivers State Police Command, Superintendent of Police Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the killings in Ibaa community, adding that the command had launched an investigation into the incident. But he could not immediately confirm the assassination attempt on the real estate agent in Port Harcourt.

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