Rivers State Government has warned youths in the state against cultism, vowing that it would punish any cultist who failed to accept the state government’s amnesty programme.
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By Davies Iheamnachor
PORT HAR-COURT— Rivers State Government has warned youths in the state against cultism, vowing that it would punish any cultist who failed to accept the state government’s amnesty programme.
The government which identified cultism as one of the major challenges responsible for unrest and clashes in communities in the state, stressed the need to stamp it out of the state.
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s made yesterday in Port Harcourt at a 2-day workshop on mediation and community reconciliation organised by Rivers State Conflict Management Alliance, RSCMA, and the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Conflict Resolution, for community leaders in conflict affected local governments.
Speaking, the Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike on Conflict Resolution, Chief Okori Abelekum, said that the governor had invested so much to ensure that peace returned to every part of the state.
Abelekum noted that the governor was ready to punish anyone that defies his efforts to bring lasting peace in all parts of the state.
He said: “Governor Wike has initiated several peace initiatives such as the amnesty programme for ex-cultists and supported community reconciliation in conflict affected areas. I call on all youths and communities that have not embraced the amnesty programme to do so without delay because there cannot be development without peace.
“The state government will deal with any cultist who refuses to embrace the state government’s amnesty. Tell them to accept the amnesty and live in peace.”
Abelekum said that te state government designed the conflict resolution seminar in order to enable it develop a statewide conflict management plan for the state.
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