The
military have arrested about 200 boys at a camp operated by one of the cultists at
Munachim Ihunwo in Obio Akpor local government area of Rivers State.
This
was disclosed by Lieutenant Col
SA.C.Unaogu,who said the kidnap kingpin
had about 200 boys under his command in the place, adding that security
operatives had to move in dislodging them from the place.
Unaogu,
who was among top security operatives that accompanied the governor of Rivers
State,Nyesom Wike on a demolition
exercise of cultists hideouts, said security operatives would continue to do
their best to rid the state of the unwanted elements.
He
said security agents arrested the kidnap kingpin, Ihunwo and his boys. The
state Police Commissioner, Mr Adebanjo, said the Police also arrested some
kidnap suspects.
New
Rivers kidnap law Cultism, kidnapping have been a twin security challenge in
the state. Shortly after assuming office, May 29, 2015, the governor identified
the menace and set in motion plans to tackle it.
Precisely
on August 7, he signed into law an amendment on the Rivers state
Anti-kidnapping law passed by the Rivers state House of Assembly. Under the new
Rivers State Kidnap (Prohibition) Amendment Law, 2015, kidnappers are to
forfeit proceeds of their kidnapping, whether in the form of assets and
otherwise, to the state government.
While
signing the amendment into law at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Governor
Wike expressed hope that it would discourage kidnapping and related crimes.
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