2,000 cultists surrender, join Rivers amnesty programme

The amnesty declared for cult members, kidnappers and armed robbers by the government of Rivers has yielded fruits as over 2000 of them have surrendered their weapons and embraced the progarmme.

According to The Punch members of the Iceland and Debam cult groups surrendered their weapons before members of the state Amnesty Committee in Isiokpo, the headquarters of Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.

Shortly after receiving the surrender of the repentant militants, the Chairman of the Amnesty Committee, Mr. Ken Chinda, warned that those yet to accept the amnesty that they would be flushed by the military.
He also said farmers could now return to their farms in the community.
“We are all witnesses to what some misguided youths have done in Ikwerre LGA where people are predominantly farmers. Many could not farm because the militants are living in the forest where their farms are located,” Chinda added.
Some of the weapons surrendered included AK 47 rifles, G3, dane guns, dynamite, NATO gun and detonators.

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