Monarch Wants More Police Personnel In Etche …As Cultists Embrace Amnesty In Rivers Community

The Onye Ishi Etche, Eze Emmanuel Opurum has called for the deployment of more police personnel to the Okehi Division to tackle the high spate of insecurity in the area.
Eze Opurum, who said this during a courtesy call on him by the new commissioner of police in Rivers State Mohammed Dan Musa in Ndashi Etche also called for the establishment of a police area command at Okehi.
He said that Etche which is a gateway local government area deserves attention in terms of security.
The monarch also pleaded with the police commissioner to consider the recruitment of more Etche sons and daughters into the force.
Opurum assured the state police hierarchy of the preparedness by the traditional institution in the area to work with the force in securing all nooks and crannies of Etche and called for more attention to Ozuzu and Afara police station.
Earlier, the Commissioner of police, Mr Mustapha Dandaura Police (CP) Dan assured that the force would work with the traditional institutions to curb crime in the area.
Meanwhile, over hundred cultists in Obite community in Ogba Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area have embraced amnesty initiated by the chairman of the council.
Speaking at the ceremony which held at the Obite Civic Centre, the Council Chairman, Hon Ifeanyi Odili thanked the repentant cultists for their wise decisions.
“Let me at this point appreciate all those who have contributed to the peace process. “We had challenges when we started the process, but today our efforts have yielded fruit where over 100 persons have made up their minds” he said.
Also speaking, the Eze Egi Anele Uzondu Wokoma thanked the local chairman for the initiative and urged more cultist to embrace peace.