Governor Nyesom Wike of River State has warned that the state government would dethrone traditional rulers of communities where cultism and kidnapping were encouraged.
The governor also cautioned that communities with a prevalence of cultism, kidnapping and other forms of crime would no longer enjoy the patronage of the state government. Wike issued this warning while addressing a special security meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday.
The security meeting had in attendance the State Commissioner of Police, Usman Belel, State Director of Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi, Commander SOG 115, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commander E.O. Ebiowei, Commander, NNS Pathfinder, Commodore S.J. Bura and State Commander of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mohammed Haruna. Also in attendance were the local government chairmen, traditional rulers, community development committee chairmen and youth leaders in the state.
“All those local government…
