Activist Stages One-man Protest Over Killing Of Rivers DPO

A humans right activist, Charles Jaja, on Monday, staged a one-man protest to the headquarters of the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt over the gruesome killing of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Ahoada Police Division in Ahoada-East local government area of the State, Bako Angbashim.

Addressing the Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, and his management team, Jaja called on the Police to extend their investigation on the murder of Angbashim to politicians and traditional rulers in the state.

He said: “Whether we like it or not, in this state there are politicians who sponsor these gangs. There are traditional rulers who cover them up in their society.

“The police must extend their dragnets to these people in its efforts to sanitise the society. If not, incidents like this will continue to happen and police will continue to bear the brunt.

“You must take the war to the doorsteps of these gangs and fish out their sponsors and expose them, not minding whose ox is gored. This will send a strong signal to those who may be planning to continue on his evil path.

“The politicians from the area where SP Bako was killed must get questioned. No one should be spared in a bid to bring sanity to our state.”

Responding, the Commissioner of Police said the killers of DPO Angbashim have touched the tiger’s tail and must be fished out by security operatives.

Nwonyi said the police would not rest on its oars until the it reduced crime and criminality in the state to the barest minimum.