Wike suspends three caretaker chairmen

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has suspended three caretaker commitee chairmen.

The chairmen are those of Abua/Odual, Ahoada East and Ahoada West local government areas.

The governor said they were suspended for failing to mobilise their stakeholders to attend the Special Security Town Hall Meeting for Orashi region.

Speaking at Omoku yesterday during a security town hall meeting, Wike said the meeting, which was attended by Security Service commanders and the commissioner of Police, was to restore peace to Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, ONELGA,Abua/Odual, Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local government areas.

He said insecurity in the four local governments had nothing to do with politics. Wike said security agencies had been mandated to clamp down on those who shield cultists, kidnappers and robbers.



According to him, nobody would be allowed to stop the programmes of the government on account of insecurity.

He urged traditional, political and religious leaders to work with the government and security agencies to identify the criminals to restore peace.

“Nobody is happy. I am not happy. The service commanders are not happy. These cultists and criminals are not from Lagos, Kaduna or Ebonyi. They are indigenes of these communities and the people know them. Therefore, everyone must cooperate with security agencies to resolve these challenges.”

The governor said commercial motorcyclists remain banned in the four councils between 5 pm and 8 am daily.

Wike said: “We must put an end to the ugly situation in these councils. Enough is enough. We cannot allow these criminals to kill innocent people“ .

The Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mr Isaac Umejuru, assured Wike and security agencies of the cooperation of the people to ensure that peace returns to the communities.