Rivers PDP describes Omoku killings as unacceptable

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On March 7, in Buguma, Asari Toru LGA of Rivers State, polical  thugs on rampage  killed and burnt the corpse of Ofinjite Amachree  a party Chieftain in Asari council.  He was attacked by the thugs, beaten to coma and burnt alive.

(Nigeria) Shocked and saddened by the reckless killings in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State which continued weekend, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Felix Obuah, has said that same was condemnable and unacceptable.
The state PDP boss who addressed newsmen in Port Harcourt, described the resurgence of killings among his kinsmen as abominable and sheer madness.
Obuah wondered why all the entreaties by the state governor, Chief yesom Wike to all the warring youths in Omoku during his visit to the area a few weeks ago could be so flagrantly violated as though they gain anything from killing one another.
Describing the weekend onslaught as one too many, he urged the police to beef up security around the area and all parts of the state and further urged them to fish out perpetrators of the heinous acts and bring them to book.
While sympathizing with victims of the attack, the Rivers PDP chairman, advised the police to step up their intelligence gathering in order to prevent further attacks and killings of Rivers people.
“My heart goes out to those that lost their lives and loved ones in this tragic event,’’ Obuah said.
He further urged politicians to join hands with Governor Wike to keep the state peaceful and secure from the hands of criminals, rather than trading blames and politicking with insecurity of any kind in the state.
He regretted that rather than join in the fight against criminality and insecurity in the State, some politicians, particularly, chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC have used it to play politics.
Obuah reiterated his crusade for a free and peaceful State devoid of crimes, stressing that he cannot be part of anything that would take someone’s life.
He assured that the PDP would continue to preach against violence and criminality in the State, and would not support evil in whatever guise.
It will be recalled that a number of people lost their lives during the unfortunate weekend attack including one Isaac Ikechukwu Chinedu, PDP Chairman in Obite, Chinedu Saidey, Ward 9 PDP Assistant Secretary from Oboburu Community, Franklyn Nkukuru Obi, APC Ward 4 chairman, his wife and son.

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