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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Rivers State Police Command has declared a former Niger Delta militant leader, Gabriel Asabuja, aka General wanted following the alleged provocative statements he made in a viral video amidst the ongoing crisis in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this on Tuesday night while speaking on Channel Television programme, ‘Politics Today.’
He assured the public that law enforcement agencies have initiated actions to apprehend the former militant leader, stressing the seriousness with which such threats were being handled.
Disu reiterated that Asabuja’s refusal to honour previous police invitations will not deter command from bringing him to justice.
Meanwhile, the Rivers State Government has identified the prime suspect in the explosion that rocked Port Harcourt during a protest on Tuesday, which claimed one life.
The Commissioner of Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, disclosed this on Tuesday night while addressing newsmen at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), Port Harcourt.
Oreh stated that the suspect was brought in by few individuals, who presented him as accident victim at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the hospital, but upon examination, the doctors discovered that his injuries resembled that of a blast and alerted the authorities.
She said most of the people who brought the blast suspect had disappeared, and was found with only one person.
“The Commissioner of Police have been alerted and investigations have begun. Like I said, the suspect was brought in unconscious but he has been stabilised and recovering at the ICU.
“The place has been secured by the police and proper investigation would be carried out by the police,” Oreh added.