Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has placed a N30 million bounty for information that would lead to the arrest of the killers of a director with the Rivers government and a suspected cultist called Bobrisky in Gokana Local Government Area.
Wike said this on Thursday when he handed over 40 patrol vans fitted with communication gadgets to Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), See 4 Eye, Police Anti-Kidnapping, Police Anti-Cultism, Federal Road Safety Corps and Eagle Crime at the Government House Port Harcourt.
“We are one state that has suffered neglect from the Federal Government in terms of support to fight insecurity. They have refused to pay back funds that we used in constructing Federal projects. But that will not stop us from intervening when the need arises”, he said.
Wike said he proscribed all youth groups because cultists have taken over youth groups across the state.
“Anybody operating under a youth body henceforth will be arrested by security agencies. Before you contest for any youth body’s leadership, you must send the names to the DSS and Police for screening. If they are cultists, we will not allow them to operate,” Wike said.
The governor said the state would create a Trust Fund to cater for the families of policemen who lose their lives while fighting crime.
