SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, (THEWILL) – The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, has warned cultists terrorising communities in Rivers State to desist forthwith, or face the wrath of the law.
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, the Spokesman for the division, said the warning was part of a nine-point communiqué issued at the end of a stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt on Friday.
He said the stakeholders resolved that all leaders and notable members of cult groups terrorising Ozochi community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers should be arrested and prosecuted as soon as possible.
The stakeholders also resolved that known cultist camps and bunkering sites at Udoda-Engene Forest should be located and destroyed, he said.
He said that community leaders and all peace-loving citizens of the affected areas were enjoined to support security agencies through the provision of credible and timely intelligence assuring all informants of their security and confidentiality.
Iliyasu said that traditional rulers and elders of communities were also enjoined to redouble efforts to enthrone peace in their respective communities adding that the stakeholders agreed to hold regular meetings to assess progress of on-going peace efforts in the area.
“The Rivers Government was advised to extend fresh amnesty to militants and cult groups in the affected areas in order to achieve the much desired peace.
“A special reconciliation meeting should be hosted by the Rivers Government at the instance of the Special Adviser on Conflict Resolution for peace in Ahoada East,” Iliyasu said
