Blessing Ibunge, Port Harcourt
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mustapha Dandaura said one suspect has been arrested in connected to the serial killing of women in the state, stating that the suspect is presently under investigation to aide the police in apprehending other perpetrators of the demonic act.
CP Dandaura revealed on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, while briefing journalists on the rising cases of murder in hotels in the state.
The Commissioner of Police who noted that eight women have been murdered in the state in the last few months by suspected ritualists, assured that the state command under his watch will leave no stone unturned until all the suspects in connection to the killings are arrested and made to face the full wrath of law.
He urged everyone in Rivers state to rise up and fight against the menace, stressing that a taskforce has been set up to monitor activities going on in hotels in the state.
Dandaura said: “Today, I have called you here, essentially to express our worry of the mindless killings in Hotels in the state, a development which is giving us concern and the measures we have put in place to arrest this seemingly disturbing situation.
“The command condemns in the strongest terms, these serial killings, hence we call on all people of good will to rise to the occasion and join the police as we kick out these monitors.
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“It could be recalled that in the wake of this attack, and bothered by the development in Port Harcourt, I summoned all Hotel owners under the aegis of Nigerian Hotel Association whee we had an interface and I underscored the need for synergy between Hotels Directors to the Executive members of the association, to prevail on their members to install Circuit Camera Television (CCTV) in all hotels.
“Consequently, a taskforce was constituted headed by ACP, Operations, Valentine Olumese, with mandate to work to the arrest of the perpetrators and return sanity back to the state”.
Speaking further on the police commitment in tackling the menace, CP Dandaura said ” Today, I want to reinforce pur commitment towards tackling this menace and assure you that we have come to the end of these monstrous acts by desperate cultists and ritualists.
“So far, we have made substantial progress in the investigation of these killings. In one of the cases the actual murder suspect has been arrested and he is making useful confessions. He would have been paraded today but we are still working on some clues given by him that may further aid our investigations.
“As at the last count we have recorded only eight verifiable cases of Hotel murders and they are receiving adequate attention for which the findings will be made public in due course”.
Commending the media for their roles as watchdogs of the command, the Police boss assured “We will continue to do our best to deliver quality policing to the state “.
