#EndSARS: Wike Declares War On Outlawed IPOB As Five Soldiers Are Reportedly Hacked To Death In Rivers

Governor Nyesom Wike has directed security operatives to intensify ‘war’ against members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Rivers State, following a recent orgy of violence in the state allegedly perpetrated by IPOB under the guise of the #EndSARS protest.

The governor, also placed N50 million bounty on the head of one, Mr. Stanley Mgbere who has been declared wanted for allegedly leading members of the banned IPOB to cause the recent violence and destruction of lives and property in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state.

BIGPEN reports this is coming as reports say about five soldiers were among security operatives killed in the orgy of violence reportedly by IPOB at the weekend.

It was learnt that Rivers Police Command had linked IPOB members hiding under the #EndSARS protest, to the attacks and destruction of the Police Area Command and police stations at Oyingbo Local Government Area.

Sources said that the attackers reportedly killed three policemen in a bizarre manner cutting off the hand of one of the police operatives, that attempted to shoot at them.
The sources also claimed that they hacked the police Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) driver to death, burnt the second victim alive and stoned to death the third policeman.

They were said to have burnt over 15 police vehicles, a hospital and an Appeal Court complex located in Oyigbo The circumstances surrounding the killings of the soldiers were unknown, a source wrote on his Facebook wall on Thursday said that he was at the Military Hospital in Port Harcourt when the corpses of the soldiers were brought into the facility, according a report in Nation.

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The source, who spoke in confidence said: “I am at the military hospital in Port Harcourt and I can confirm that five soldiers were brought in dead two days ago (Wednesday).

” I witnessed a very short session when one of the captains instructed the soldiers on mannerism and how to talk to the people. However, people should not take their humanity for granted. They are hurting. They already have an instruction not to shoot and that instruction though fair can also hurt seeing that their brothers are being killed”.

The Spokesperson for 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Charles Ekeocha, however, said the matter had not been reported to his office.