CSOs decry failure to end killings, kidnappings in Rivers State

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Rivers State have decried police and government’s failure to tackle the worsening security challenges in the state.

Speaking under the aegis of We the People and Rivers Civil Society Coalition, the group lamented that the country was not only under policed, but also that individuals and government officials appropriate the few policemen for their individual security.

Addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt, Coordinator of the group, Ken Henshaw, expressed worries that the government and the police have not taken courageous steps to end killings, kidnappings and other crimes in the state.

Henshaw noted that in April alone, no fewer than 46 persons were killed, urging the government, police and other security agencies to be proactive in ending the killings and kidnappings in the state.