One-Week Ultimatum To Produce Gunmen

An incident which occurred in the last week of August 2015 that claimed the life of a military and policeman on duty along the Emohua-Kalabari Road in the area has triggered anger and fury amongst the community.

Military authorities in Rivers State have given a one-week ultimatum to eight communities in Emohua Local Government Area of the state to fish out and surrender the gunmen.

A trustworthy source hinted that the new Brigade Commander in charge of Rumuokoro Army Barracks in Port Harcourt stormed Emohua with three vehicles, fully loaded with fierce-looking military men and drove straight to the palace of the paramount ruler of Emohua Kingdom, HRM, Eze V.C. Okor.

The source said: “During the visit, the brigade commander gave the eight communities of Emohua one-week ultimatum to produce the killers of the officers otherwise the communities will face the wrath of the command.”

At the time of this report, a number of residents had fled the kingdom. The trepidation is what will happen to them if they remain in the area after the one-week ultimatum expired and the communities were unable to surrender anybody to the security agencies as the killers, having declined knowledge of the gunmen. 

The Emohua monarch distanced the communities from the killers, but condemned the act.

When Niger Delta Voice visited the community weekend, there was uneasy calm. But we saw villagers going about their normal businesses and there were no security personnel intimidating anybody.