APC Member Burnt Alive n Four Others Beaten To Death

Four APC members were killed in Obibi, Etche Local Government, while Gabriel Cookey was clubbed to death in Opobo, headquarters of Opobo/Nkoro.

There were sporadic shootings at the wee hours of yesterday in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni.

The murder of Ofinijite Amachree a APC member took place barely 48 hours after APC’s Ward 4 chairman in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Franklin Obi, was beheaded at his home by masked gunmen at 9 pm. His wife and 18-year-old son, Bestman, were also killed.

Amachree was beaten up and burnt. Five were clubbed to death between Saturday and Sunday in Buguma, Asari-Toru Local Government of Rivers State

A source said: “We don’t really know what caused the fight; but what we know is that it is a clash between the APC and PDP. There were gunshots; so, we had to take cover in our house. One guy, popularly known as Kpom Kpom, who I think is an APC member was killed and burnt. As I speak with you, there is tension in Buguma”.

Police spokesman Ahmad Muhammad confirmed the incident. 

Muhammad said normalcy had returned to the area following the response of security operatives.

He said: “On Saturday’s killings in Omoku, no arrest has been made yet, but it is under investigation.

“There was a report of security breach in Buguma, but normalcy has been restored, due to the intervention by our men. I do not have any report on killings in Opobo and Obibi-Etche, for now (at 3:49 pm).”

The mother of the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government, Sobomabo Jackrich, was abducted by armed men on Sunday around Obiri Ikwerre Bridge, Port Harcourt.

State PDP Chairman Felix Obuah condemned the killing of an APC chief and his family in Omoku in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA).

Obuah, in a statement in Port Harcourt by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Jerry Nedam, expressed shock at the “reckless killings in Omoku”.

The PDP chief said the killing “is condemnable, unacceptable abominable and sheer madness”.

He wondered why entreaties by Governor Nyesom Wike to warring youths in Omoku during his visit to the area a few weeks ago could be so flagrantly violated.

He described the murder of the family on Saturday, “as one too many,” and urged the police to tighten up security around the area and all parts of the state.

‘’My heart goes out to those that lost their lives and loved ones in these tragic events,’’ Obuah said.

The Nation