According to Governor Wike,
there is no amount of money that can be equated to life but as a state, the
government will always identify with security personnel who lose their lives in
course of doing their job.
He stated that no form of coercion would make Rivers become a
part of any secessionist movement, saying the government was committed to
giving the police the necessary support to overcome the challenges in the
state.
Read
the full text of the governor’s broadcast below:
My
dear people of Rivers State
These
are extraordinary times for our country and our State. Last week Friday, we
witnessed yet another multiple armed ambush on police checkpoints along the
East-West road which resulted in the cold-blooded murder of 7 police officers.
We
again express our condolence to the families of the dead officers and the
State’s Police Command for this irreparable loss and pray for the peaceful
repose of their innocent souls.
We
have reviewed the way and manner the recent attacks were executed and
discovered that the perpetrators, who disguised themselves as security
officers, moved in unhindered from Oyigbo to launch the attack.
The
nation’s security agencies are on their trail and we are confident that they
will all be arrested soon and brought to justice.
We
wish to assure every resident that we are not intimidated by the sporadic and
cowardly attacks on predetermined security targets by faceless criminals on our
soil; neither will we be cowed into succumbing to a baseless and doomed
secessionists agenda.
However,
as a further step towards enhancing our collective safety, we have reviewed the
existing night-time curfew across the 23 Local Government Areas, which will now
start from 7pm and ends at 6am until further notice from tomorrow 11th May
2021.
The
security agencies are hereby directed to note the new curfew time, ensure
strict compliance and effectively deal with any person or group that violates
or attempts to violate it.
We
have reviewed, and for the moment, declined the pressure on the state
government to activate our youth to defend the state from these terrorists
because we don’t want to complicate our very delicate security situation by
creating opportunities for some other monsters to emerge.
However,
we are determined to deploy everything at our disposal to advance the safety
and security of lives and property in our state and nothing will stop us from
defeating the evil forces presently threatening our individual and collective
security.
We
continue to appeal to members of the public to understand with us in the midst
of the economic troubles that our actions may inflict as our one and only aim
is to achieve and sustain the maximum security of lives and property in our
dear State.
We
further appeal to the public to understand that security is everybody’s
business and play their own roles, especially in passing intelligence
information to the law enforcement agencies to process and take pre-emptive
measures to counter and advance our collective security.
Once
again, thank you for your cooperation as we continue to work with the nation’s
security agencies to keep us safe and secure.
Thank you and may God bless Rivers State.
Source: channelstv.com
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