Governor Wike set to Empower about 25 thousands of Repented Cultist.
Wike to empower 22,430
repentant cultists, disband vigilante groups
PORT HAR-COURT—
Governor Nyesom Wike has called on
22,430 cultists who embraced the state government’s amhousandnesty programme to remain law abiding, assuring that the
government would unfold a comprehensive empowerment programme for them.
Gov. Wike The governor
who spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt, after he received a report of the amnesty
committee, also disbanded vigilante groups in all communities in the state,
saying most of them had been linked
with cult groups by the amnesty committee. He said: “I hereby disband all
vigilante committees in various communities.
They should be profiled by
security to be sure of what they are into. “Those of you who have denounced
crime and don’t go back, the state will support you. Don’t go back to crime
because if you are caught the law will deal with you.” The governor said
cultists who refused to key into the amnesty programme were enemies of the
state, adding that the government would take the battle against cultism and
related crimes to their doorsteps.
“Those who refused to surrender are now
enemies of the state and the state will take the battle to them,” he said. Wike
also appealed to politicians in the state not to politicize crime, stressing
that there should be collective effort to rid the state of criminals.
He lauded
the amnesty committee for discharging its duties effectively, noting that the
amnesty had reduced crime and kidnapping in the state.
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