Gun-battle in Rivers as suspected cult kingpin is declared wanted with N1m bounty
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
A bounty of N1 million has been positioned on Onuigwe Nwodi suspected to be a cult leader interested by killing of policemen, kidnapping and armed theft along Emohua axis of the East-West avenue.
Chairman of Emohua Native Authorities region, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, moreover placing a bounty on him, furthermore declared Nwodi wanted ineffective or alive.
There were rising cases of killings, including a policeman, kidnappings and armed robberies along Emohua share Of East-West avenue.
From investigations, Nwodi, 22, is a fashioned detainee at Port Harcourt Correctional Centre.
He hails from Elibrada in Emohua Native Authorities Field and a kingpin of Iceland Cult community and “SS ‘Soldier” who’s intending to be a “Overall” in the neighborhood.
Within the period in-between, diminutive while after the Council Chairman declared Nwodi wanted on radio, there used to be heavy gun fight between gunmen suspected to be cultists at Emohua LGA, and safety forces comprising NSCDC and the navy.
At the time filing this document, the suspected cultists launched serious assault on the coarse oil manifold and the assault used to be ongoing.
It used to be now not determined if the alleged assault on the coarse oil manifold used to be linked with the declaration of Nwodi wanted by the Council Chairman or a war for territorial controls of bunkering web sites.
