6th June, 2023
*Why we haven’t nabbed Criminal kingpin Onuigwe Wodi declared wanted—Chidi Lloyd
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
Some policemen of the Rivers Command are currently being investigated for allegedly aiding criminal activities by leaking vital information and sharing loots with suspected cultists in cult-ravaged communities of Emohua local government area of Rivers State.
Dr. Chidi Lloyd, the Chairman of Emohua local government area said this while expressing frustrations that attempts by his administration to tackle crimes are being sabotaged by some policemen who who are aiding criminals in the area.
Lloyd, a former Law Lecturer and former Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly disclosed this on Tuesday during a live radio Programme on Nigerian Infofm, Port Harcourt monitored by our Correspondent.
According to him: “The unfortunate thing is that Policemen have been fingered to be part what is going on.I make bold to say that we’ve a situation where a policeman in uniform of will be giving information to a criminal and sharing money and booties with criminals.
“We’ve made reports to the appropriate quarters and investigations are going on and we thank God for the new Commissioner of Police. We’ll not be deterred, it’s a call to duty. We face it squarely, I’m not a man who runs away from responsibilities.
On why it has been difficult to apprehend the Cult kingpin, Onuigwe Wodi, declared wanted recently by his administration, he said that the fugitive has adopted a style of constantly moving from one place to the other.
Lloyd said Wodi, who is from Elibrada community sually run into his hideouts.
He lamented that his personal friend, Justice Azunda,a Protocol Officer to Emeka Woke,the immediate past Chief of Staff to former Governor Nyesom Wike, was abducted by a gang allegedly led by the kingpin.
The local government chairman regretted that he had to increase the bounty he placed on Onuigwe Wodi from N1M to N2m because he wanted to show how serious he wanted to arrest him and ensure that he faced justice for his criminal activities.
He stated that with the determination by CP Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka, the new Commissioner of Police, to tackle crimes in the state and with the calibere of Police officers deployed his Council area, Onuigwe, will soon be apprehended and crimes will be reduced.