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2,000 Cultists Surrender Weapons In Ikwerre
No fewer than 2,000 mem
bers of various cult groups at the weekend embraced the amnesty declared by the Rivers State Government under the leadership of Governor Nyesom Wike.
The cult members, who were involved in kidnappings, killings and armed robberies in the past, surrendered their weapons before members of the state Amnesty Committee in Isiokpo, the headquarters of Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.
Some of the weapons laid down were AK-47 rifles, G3, Dane guns, dynamites, NATO guns and detonators.
Speaking shortly after receiving weapons from the repentant militants, the Chairman of the Amnesty Committee, Mr. Ken Chinda, explained that peace was expected to return to Ikwerre council area after the event.
While identifying the cult groups as Icelander and Dey Gbam, Chinda urged them not to go back to crime, adding that the state government was sincere about helping them to achieve their dreams.
He also declared two of the cult leaders, Samuel Nkasiobi, aka Italian, and Okechukwu Amadi, aka Gunboat as enemies of the state for refusing to accept amnesty.
“We are all witnesses to what some misguided youth have done in Ikwerre LGA, where people are predominantly farmers. Many could not farm because the militants are living in the forest where their farms are located,” Chinda added.
He urged them to shun acts capable of discouraging investors from doing business in the state.
The council chairman said the two cult leaders, who refused to accept the state government’s amnesty, would be declared wanted after a week.
He added that the sum of N10million would be paid to anybody that could give any useful information on their whereabouts.
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