3 Dead as Military Invades Rivers State

Three dead bodies sus­pected to be among those arrested by a team of policemen who raided a community in Asari-Tori Local Government Area (Asalga) of Rivers State in the early hours of January 6, 2016 have been found floating in the water close to the com­munity.

 Those persons, accord­ing to reports, are still said to be missing while three other corpses were found dead and floating in the water.

When contacted, Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ahmat Muham­mad (DSP) said he would not want to comment on the mat­ter.

Naazigha-Lue, who led oth­er members of the group, said the civil society groups decid­ed to voice out their feelings following the degeneration to dictatorship and executive lawlessness experienced in the state and Nigeria at large.

“The coalition of Civil So­ciety Groups in Rivers State has watched with trepidation and disbelief the resurgence of executive lawlessness, im­punity and total regard for the rule of law exhibited by the Federal Government, its security and law enforcement agencies, not only in Rivers State but in Nigeria at large. While we support every legal means to sanitise the very cor­rupt Nigerian society, we has­ten to condemn in the very strongest terms, the recourse to self-help, disregard for the rule of law and disobedience to court orders by the pres­ent federal government”, the group stated.