Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his administration
has sent the names of all lecturers of the Rivers State University
to the Department of State Services (DSS) for comprehensive
profiling to determine if any of them has any links to cultism.
He said any lecturer linked to cultism would be sacked.
This is as he declared that his administration is working with
security agencies to frontally go after kidnappers and cultists
across the state, saying no kidnapper or cultist would be
spared.
Wike spoke yesterday during a meeting with the leaders and
elites of Choba community at the Government House, Port
Harcourt.
He said the state government would provide further logistics
support to fight kidnapping and cultism in the state.
He said: “We are going after all cultists and kidnappers in the
state. We will not spare anyone.
“Security agencies are prepared to tackle these cultists and
kidnappers. For us, we are releasing further logistics support to
them. By the time this crackdown starts, we will not listen to any
pleading.”
On the issue of cultism in Rivers State University, the governor
said his administration would fish out lecturers who are
cult-inclined.
He said: “At the Rivers State University, we have sent out names
of all the lecturers to the DSS for profiling. Any lecturer who is
linked to cultism will be sacked.
”As a lecturer, you should not use your position to create
crisis through cultism in the university.”
Wike said anti-cultism law would be amended to demolish the
building of anyone indicted in cultism. He said demolition of
houses would not be restricted to kidnapping.
He urged the elites of Choba community to work with his
administration to promote peace in the area.
Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mustapha Dandaura, urged
community leaders to furnish the police and other security forces
with information on those fomenting trouble in Choba.
He said the police command has arrested the youth leader of
Choba community and two others. He noted that the youths have
supplied the police with the names of those involved in cultism and
the State Police Command has started tracking them.
The Police Commissioner said he wanted to meet with Choba
youths, but they gave him negative conditions that derailed the
meeting.
Paramount Ruler of Choba community, Eze Raymond Welibor Okocha,
said the community leaders started the peace process but ran into
challenges. He said peace-building has been hampered by the
existence of factions.
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