CRISIS: Five Slaughtered In Rivers Communal Clash

 

 Reports emanating from Rivers state indicate that five persons have been killed and one other critically
injured in a communal clash in Tai Local Government Area of the state.

This was disclosed to newsmen by the Deputy spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), in a telephone interview with The Nation.
Grace Iringe-Koko however said the police had begun investigation on the incident.
She however said no arrest had been made as at press time.

She urged Rivers State residents to remain law-abiding and always report criminals in their midst to the nearest police stations, assuring that the identities of police informants would be well protected.

It was gathered that property valued at millions of naira were destroyed in the clash.

Meanwhile, the transition committee of Chief Nyesome Wike is set to clash with Governor Rotimi Amaechi, as the committee criticized the alleged refusal of the State Government led by Governor Amaechi to set up its own transition committee.