Omoku Killing …Police Begin Investigation

L-R: Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zainab Maina, President, Quintessential Business Women Association, Mrs Shimite Katung and Executive Secretary, Association of Non Bank Micro Finance Institutions of Nigeria, Mr Godbless Safugha, during the visit of members of Quintessential Business Women Association to the Minister in Abuja, recently

Rivers State Police Command has begun investigation into the invasion of Omoku by some gunmen.
About eleven persons were feared dead in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State, following a shooting spree by gunmen who stormed the area Friday night and yesterday afternoon.
The gunmen, who  wore masks, shot indiscriminately for several hours on Friday night, and  they later fled when men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, engaged them in a  shootout. The men were said to have regrouped, Saturday  afternoon, to continue the shooting at the market.
Sources feared  the shooting may not be unconnected with plans by some politicians to hijack the collection of Permanent Voter Cards  which commenced in the area on Friday. Among those killed, sources said, was  a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was simply identified as Godspower.
The Chairman of the local government area, Mr Austin Ahiamadu, who condemned the incident, appealed to residents to remain calm, assuring that security men had taken charge of the area.
Ahiamadu said the gunmen went from one street to the other shooting before security men swung into action.
The Chairman, who could not confirm the death toll, said some persons died in the incident.
“Unknown gunmen invaded Omoku and started by killing an elder of the APC and  some  other people were also killed. The figure I  cannot immediately say because of the security situation, but it is more than five”, he said.
Rivers State  Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, who confirmed the  development, said it was a clash between rival cult groups, stressing that security men were on top of the situation, as they had launched full-scale investigation into the incident.