Reactions Trail Army's Raid of Rivers Neighbourhood Watch Training Camp

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L-R Rivers Neighbourhood Watch Boss, Uche Chukwuma, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and Rivers PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah


By Obinna Ebogidi, Port Harcourt

Key political leaders in Rivers State have started reacting to the disbandment of the training camp of the recently recruited neighborhood watchers of the Rivers State Government by the Nigerian Army yesterday at Nonwa Gbam.

The training camp, which also serves as the orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), is in Nonwa Gbam in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Reacting to the incident, current affairs analyst and Secretary to the Ikwerre Local Government Council, Hon. Obinna Ekem accused the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi of using state security apparatus to frustrate the efforts of the Rivers State Government to tackle insecurity and restore peace and order in the state.

Ekem told Kristina Reports that the action of the Army yesterday has confirmed fears that the Federal Government is orchestrating the rising incidents of killings and violence in the state and called on the Nigerian Army to resist the temptation of being used by one man to cause chaos in the state ahead of the election.

He wondered why the Federal Government will permit other states like Lagos to set up the same security apparatus to help the Police tackle insecurity but was frustrating the efforts of the Rivers State Government to do the same.

Meanwhile, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state have commended the Nigerian Army for what they described as timely rescue of the state from imminent breakdown of law and order in the state.

A leader of the APC in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Hon. Bestman Amadi accused the Rivers State Government of recruiting militants and cultists to enhance their shooting skills that would be used to unleash violence on Rivers electorates during the 2019 Elections.

Hon. Amadi, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, Obinna Ebogidi said the neighborhood watch was a ploy by the Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike to raise a personal army of killers to harass and assault members of the opposition during the 2019 general elections.

Similarly, the Chairman of the APC in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Hon. Sydney Nyeche has queried why the state government should arm the neighborhood watchers just weeks to the 2019 general election if its intentions were genuine.

The APC stalwart told Kristina Reports that it was unconstitutional for the neighborhood watchers to bear arms and would spell doom for the state if the Army had not acted timely.

He urged the Rivers State Government to be proactive and liaise with the existing law enforcement agencies to bring calm and end the troubling trend of killings in the state.

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