Rivers Police deny losing recovered stolen items from syringe factory

<p>He vowed to explore every available means to apprehend the perpetrators and appealed to Traditional Rulers, Town Union Presidents and community vigilantes to establish a functional rapport to promote peace in their areas.</p>, <p>Ebonyi communities have continued to boil as hoodlums set ablaze a police van at Ukwagba village and shot sporadically to scare citizens in a bid to enforce the seven- days sit-at-home order declared by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Simon Ekpa.</p>, <p>Officers of Zone 16, Bayelsa State carried out the arrest, along the Emohua area of the East-West Road.</p>, <p>Responding, the Commissioner of Information and State Orientation in Ebonyi, Jude Chikadibia Okpor expressed dismay over the apprehension in some parts of the state following reported activities of hoodlums and unscrupulous elements.</p>, <p>‘‘I want to repeat, exhibits can never be missing. Do exhibits have wings to fly and if they don’t fly, exhibits cannot go missing in my Command.</p>, <p>He said Operatives of the Command, invaded and raided some camps of cultists in Ahoada West and East local governments, where three ‘‘Generals’’ terrorizing the area escaped through the river but recovered items from the camps.</p>, <p>He said, “The government, therefore wishes to advise the general public to go about their lawful businesses as security agents are on top of the situation.”</p>, <p>DAILY POST reports that the hoodlums also stormed at Afiaohu market located along Abakaliki/Enugu Express and allegedly shot into the air to scare people. Business owners in the market were reported to have fled, leaving their wares behind.</p>, <p>Confirming the incident, the chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Prince Odono Okechukwu called on stakeholders of the council to show cooperation to enable him surmount all insecurity in the area.</p>, <p>The hoodlums also stormed at Ishieke police checkpoint and shot sporadically, which according to reports, caused police officers in the area to run for their lives