The Rivers State Police Command has declared a former militant leader loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, General Asabuja, as wanted after a video emerged in which he was seen threatening to take over local government councils in the state in the wake of the crisis currently rocking the state . country.
He was also seen firing shots in the air and challenging the ousted interim chairman to confront him.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Tunji Disu, who personally declared Asabuja, a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), wanted in a statement, said the video had caused a lot of panic in the state.
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“The video caused a lot of panic in the state. This gives a lot of worry to everyone even outside the state.
“I want to assure you that we will not take that lightly. We have taken action. We will get it at the right time. We get a lot of people like him.
“You can’t set up a video and start shooting and threatening people not to move and do what is expected of them in the city and expect the police to surrender.
“We are working to achieve it. We have invited him and he doesn’t want to come but we will do what we want to do. We are looking for him.”
“He is wanted. That’s right,” said Disu.
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