The State Security Service, SSS,
has killed Oluchi Igwedibia, the younger brother of Johnson Igwedibia, the
alleged mastermind of the gruesome killing of 17 people on New Year Day in
Rivers State.
The Rivers State government
confirmed that Oluchi was killed on Sunday at Sabo Iyakpe, Etsako West, Edo
State, during a joint operation between the SSS and the Army.
Oluchi was among the 32 cultists
declared wanted the Rivers State Security Council because of his alleged
involvement in the New Year Day killings in Omoku.
“The Late Oluchi Igwedibia alias
Obatosu played a prominent role in the New Year killings by Don Wanny gang in
Omoku,” the state government said on Sunday in a statement issued by the
governor’s media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu.
Mr. Wike commended the SSS and
the army for the joint operation, adding that the N20 million the government
promised to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the wanted
cultists was still in place.
The governor vowed that all those
who were involved in the New Year Day killing would be brought to justice.
He pledged that the state
government would continue to work with security agencies and other stakeholders
to ensure that Rivers is safe for the people.
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