An unknown Gunmen in the early hours of yesterday, killed husband, wife and his five children and eight other worshipers who were returning from the crossover service on New Year Day in Omoku, Ogba Egbema Ndoni local government.
Over 52 injured victims of the attack are currently receiving treatment in different hospitals within and outside omoku.
The victims had just concluded a service in an unnamed church when the gunmen opened fire on them.
The bodies of the 15 victims were still at the pavilion of the local government secretariat in Omoku, with their relatives and friends making efforts to identify them and recover the bodies for burial.
The gunmen were allegedly to be militants working for a notorious kidnapper Mr. Igwedibia Johnson, aka Don Waney, who is on the run, following raid on his camp and shrines in the early hours of November 20, 2017, soldiers from 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt.
Since 2014, when the crisis started in Omoku and its environs, over 500, mostly innocent people, have been killed.
This is indeed a sad day for the people of ONELGA and the only way we can assuage their feelings is to ensure that this does not happen again. Governor Wike can rise above his partisan politics and display the hallmark of a statesman by openly condemning this murderous act and stop at nothing to arrest the criminals.
The spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP, said he has not been briefed on the incident.
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