The Rivers State Police command has recorded another milestone in its fight against cultism in the State, as it has hacked down another cult gang leader, Peter Chukwu popularly called “Daddy Chukwu.”
Daddy Chukwu is a cult kingpin terrorizing Mgbuoshimini community and its environs in the State.
The killing of Chukwu who hailed from ONELGA is coming barely two weeks after police operatives eliminated two notorious cultists who were associates of late 2Baba in Ahoada Local Government Area of the State.
Chukwu, a 34-year old cultist and kidnap kingpin was the anchor head of Marine Iceland in Orashi Region in Ogba/Egbema /Ndoni local Government Areas of the state before he met his waterloo.
The late Iceland hitman was said to be the second in command to the infamous ONELGA cult leader, late Don Wani and was declared wanted in 2017 by the State Police command for his involvement in various killings in the State.
The State Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, while briefing journalists at the state police command in Port Harcourt, last Thursday, disclosed that late Daddy chukwu was responsible for the killing of over 21 persons in Mgbuoshimini community in Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in October 2017.
Disu disclosed that the late Chukwu was killed by the combined team of policemen from the state, Delta and Force Headquarters, Abuja and was trailed to his hideout in Delta State where he had gone to fortify himself with his native doctor at Obosi in Delta State after allegedly escaped from police arrest in a hotel in Igwuruta community, last month.
“Following his close shave with the authorities, he fled to Asaba in Delta State. He remained in hiding before returning briefly to Port Harcourt, where he boasted about his invincibility and the power of his charms. He returned to Delta, where he began plotting to kill the investigating police officers and to launch attacks on police facilities to free his arrested associates.
“Undeterred by the notorious gangster’s initial escape, on April 5, 2024, around 4 am, a coordinated team launched an assault on his hideout. The team, comprising the Rivers State Command Tactical Team and the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), advanced to Delta to locate the criminal’s hideout. With support from the Delta State Commissioner of Police, operatives from the command joined the conclusive operation, resulting in the neutralisation of the suspect following a fierce operation.
“He was tracked down and apprehended in Ibusa, Delta State, and found in a herbalist’s home where he sought spiritual fortification. Upon realising the presence of security forces surrounding the premises, Peter Daddy Chukwu fiercely resisted and attempted to flee. He put up a fierce resistance, and in an attempt to escaped he was fataly wounded and later was confirmed dead in a hospital where he was rushed to”, the CP stated.
He added, “In his scramble to escape, he left behind his personal effects, including a hit list containing names of his next victims and other vital documents and gadgets that gave the Police a clear picture of the extent of sophistication he operated with. This necessitated the urgency in arresting the notorious criminal.”
According to the police commissioner, the Police recovered tinted Black toyota highlander, AK 47 riffle, Pump Action gun, IED, Camouflage of Police and Army uniforms from the hoodlum.
He said the Police discovered a list of 11 persons Chukwu wanted to kill when the Police went to his hideout at a hotel in Igwuruta.
The CP, while given the breakdown of the various heinous crime committed by late Chukwu and his gang said they were responsible for the killing of the former Community Development committee (CDC) of Ngbuoshimini community, late Mr Ndidi Livingstone on January 13, 2024 at the Faith Ministry Church on January 13,2024
“The gang dressed in police uniforms on that day and brought out Ndidi Livingstone,Chairman of Comminity Development Committe(CDC)of Mgbuoshimini community,Obio/Akpor and killed him in the presence his wife,children and church members at the community on January 13,2024 ,and also responsible for killing of twenty -one in 2017.He also killed and multilated the body of one Miss Grace Asuquo who declined to honoure his invitation He is also in the business of hiring assasination job for people. He was contracted to kill a hotelier,one Victor .In a bid to kill the hotelier he installed tracker in the hotelier’s car and after unsuccessful two attempts to kill the hotelier, he planted bomb in his hotel which exploded and damaged big part of the hotel”, he stated.
The Police boss added that the late cult kingpin had a network of informants who shared to him intelligence information about activities of the people and the operations of the Police in the community.
Also speaking at the press briefing, the representative of Mgbuishimin community, Mr livingston Weche, thanked the State Commissioner of Police and the IGP for their timely intervention and urged the police not to relent in taking further proactive steps to eradicate crime and criminality in the community.