Residents and visitors of the area have been talking about the newfound peace and security and are praising the CTC Chairman for responding to the situation.
A drive around Agbonchia, Aleto, Alesa, Alode, Ogale, Onne and Eteo showed that busniesses now spend a little more hours before closing as against the situation before the return of J.O. as CTC Chairman.
"Nightlife is returning and we can move about more freely now than we used to a few weeks ago," said Mr. John Eke, a resident of Aleto, who owns a provisions shop.
J.O., as the CTC Chairman is popularly known, had shortly after he was inaugurated for a second tenure vowed to chase out hoodlums and cultists that had made life uncomfortable for residents of the local government area.
He said that it was unfortunate that some miscreants who he had offered amnesty last year when he first assumed office had reneged on the undertaking they entered with the council and were terrorising the people.
"This time around, we are not going to dialogue with any criminal," he said as he promised to hunt down any criminal that had chosen not to repent and reintegrate into society.
"We are not pacifying anyone. At the beginning, we went for dialogue. It worked out. But it’s like they are used to that life. We did all our best. We offered some stipends to get them out. But we want to enforce it now. We are enforcing it. We can’t dialogue with them anymore. We will only engage those that are ready to give up negative activities." the CTC Chairman declared.
In the meantime, security operatives, with the support of the CTC, have been mopping up the area of criminals and cultists. While those found to be innocent are freed, some others were handed over to the anti-cult unit of the Rivers State Police Command.
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