Rivers Sets up Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Murder of PDP Agent

The RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Saturday that
the state government would inaugurate a panel to ensure that the
Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad personnel, who killed Dr. Ferry
Gberegbe, a PDP agent in Khana Local Government Area of the state,
was brought to justice.

This is as the governor announced N200m scholarship for the four
children of the deceased, directing Gberegbe’s widow to open bank
accounts for each of the four children.

The governor spoke on Saturday in Port Harcourt when he led
leaders in the state on a condolence visit to the family of the
slain lecturer.

He said, “We will set up a judicial commission of inquiry to
ensure that the culprits are brought to justice. It is unfortunate
that F-SARS killed the PDP collation agent. The state government
will offer scholarship to the four children left behind by the
deceased. The mother of the children should open dedicated accounts
for each of the children.

“The state government will pay N50m to each of the four children
for their education.”

The governor decried the gunshots at Gberegbe at the Khana
collation centre, where he served as the PDP collation agent,
adding that the fatal shots led to his death.

He added, “Instead of allowing people to choose who will
represent and govern them, the security agencies didn’t allow that.
Rather, they prefer to kill us.

“He died in the course of the defending the PDP. He died in the
course of defending democracy. I want to assure the family that all
those who killed him will not go free.”

The governor stated that the late Gberegbe remained committed to
the PDP even on his sick-bed, maintaining that the deceased sent
him a text message, saying that he would be very happy when he
(Wike) was declared winner of the election.

Wike stated that the state government would also construct a
house for the deceased’s family and participate in his burial.

Also speaking, the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus,
said the late lecturer was a victim of the calculated oppression of
the oil rich states by the Army and the F-SARS.

However, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnanmdi
Omoni, said he would n’t be able to comment on who was responsible
for Gberegbe’s murder. Omoni stated out that the investigation on
the matter would fish out the culprit.