The Rivers State Police Command has declared a former Niger Delta militant leader, Gabriel ‘General’ Asabuja, wanted following his alleged provocative statements in a viral video amidst the ongoing crisis in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the State,…
Police nab 4 suspected kidnappers in Rivers
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested four suspects for alleged involvement in kidnapping in Okocha Community, Igbo-Etche in Etche Local Government Area of the state. The police said the arrest followed complaints by the management of a…
Pregnant woman arrested for killing mother over plantain in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a pregnant woman identified as Blessing Godday for allegedly stabbing another woman, Mrs Imeran Idema, to death over a bunch of plantain allegedly stolen by the former in Adada community in the Abua/Odual…
Cops arrested for kidnapping in Rivers still walking free – LP candidate.
A Delta State House of Assembly candidate, Harrison Gwamnishu, has alleged that three officers of the Rivers State Police Command arrested for kidnapping a man recently were yet to be prosecuted. The officers, ASP Doubara Edonyabo, ASP Talent Mungo, and…
Police kill robbery kingpin in Rivers
Men of the Rivers State Police Command have killed a suspected notorious armed robber and cult leader, Silas Oderereke, in Oderereke community in Ahoada-West LGA. In a statement, the command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe Koko, who disclosed that the gang…
Civilians have right to record you on duty, Rivers Police tell officers
The Rivers State Police Command has informed its men and officers that civilians have the right to film them when they are going about their official duties. It also stated that police officers should not restrain civilians if they want…
5 electrocuted, 4 injured while erecting billboard under high tension cables in Rivers
Five persons were killed while four others were seriously injured on Monday evening after they were electrocuted when a billboard they were erecting along the East-West Road touched high tension cables in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. It was gathered…
Police arrest three suspected kidnappers, rescue victim, recovers car in Rivers
Rivers State Police Command said its operatives have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Obelle community in Emohua Council of the state. The suspects, 29-year-old Ekene Micheal from Eliozu; 20-year-old Mohammed Oluwasegun from Ondo State; 25-year-old Vicent Sunday from Rumuji, and…
Man dies during sex romp, police seal off brothel, arrest sex worker
The Rivers State Police Command on Saturday sealed a brothel on Azikiwe Street, Mile 2, in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, where a 40-year-old man identified as Enuduisu Odili, died during a sex romp with a sex worker. The…