RSG Sets Up Peace Com’ttee On Emohua Crisis

In furtherance of steps to ensure lasting peace in Emohua Local Government Area, the Rivers State Government has inaugurated a 36-man peace committee.
Inaugurating the peace committee in Port Harcourt, Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Engr Emeka Woke, said that members of the committee were selected from among repentant cultists, youth groups and stakeholders.
He charged the groups to work diligently to restore peace in Emohua in order to facilitate communal living and fast-track development.
Woke said, “I want all repentant cultists to know that crisis can never usher in development. It can only bring destruction to the community.
“Let everyone come out and move Emohua forward like other LGAs in the state where people have shunned cultism and violence,” Woke added.
In his remarks, former special adviser to the Rivers State governor on Amnesty Programme, Sir Ken Chinda, urged the youth to shun violence and embrace peace in order to attract investors to the local government area.
He thanked the youth for accepting the peace accord, and asked them to abide by the declaration to ensure that peace reigns in Emohua.
Chinda appealed to all stakeholders to eschew violence, killings, cultism and kidnapping in the area.
“I want to express gratitude to God that today; we are here to reconcile the various groups in Emohua LGA. They have sworn to make peace and abide by the peace declaration with a view to opening the doors for investors to come in.”
A youth leader in the area, Chibuzor Asuro Chibike, thanked the coordinators for initiating the peace committee among the various groups, and urged all men and women of Emohua to always pray for peace.
Another youth leader, Harvest Azundah, urged all cultists who are still in the bush to come out and make peace, because peace drives development in the society.