Seven days after four students of the University of Port
Harcourt (UNIPORT) were killed by an irate mob in Aluu in Ikwere local
government area of Rivers State, the community yesterday broke its silence on
the matter.
The community denied that its members were involved in the
incident and demanded the immediate release of its detained traditional ruler,
Alhaji Hassan Welewa.
The people warned that they would not fold their hands
against any further destruction of their community and the infliction of pains
on them.They urged security agencies to take note of plans to attack Aluu
community by some ethnic groups whose sons were victims of the mob action.
Spokesman of Aluu Garshon Benson, who disclosed this during
a media briefing attended by the chairman, Aluu Council of Chiefs, Richard Kalu,
called for the release of the detained traditional ruler.
Benson also called on security agencies to stop the
harassment and arrests of innocent Aluu natives and urged the outfits to carry
out a thorough investigation of the gruesome murder of the students and bring
the culprits to book.
He said: “It has come to our notice that some ethnic groups
in the state whose sons were among those murdered on our soil are threatening
to attack Aluu. We really sympathise with them for the loss of their children
and reiterate that no Aluu man has a hand in their death.
“We implore them to allow security agencies to fish out the
actual killers of their sons, but also warn strongly that we will no longer
fold our arms and watch further destruction of our communities and the
infliction of pains and injuries on the good and law-abiding people of Aluu
clan.”
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