The Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition (NDCSC), has declared its support for the ongoing Police and military clampdown on hideouts of suspected kidnappers and cultists in different parts of Rivers State.

The activists said operations being carried out by the police and the military is within the ambits of the Constitution of the Nigeria, pointing out that the operations, which is yielding positive results will go a long way to reassure residents and people of the state of the security of their lives and property.

Chairman of NDCSC, Anyakwee Nsirimovu, who spoke to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, expressed worry over the rise in insecurity in the state, occasioned by constant rape, kidnapping and intimidation of residents and people of the state by armed young men.

He said, “The human rights community supports, fully and unequivocally, what the authorities are doing. You cannot have two coercive forces in a sovereign environment. The only force that is authorized to carry arms in any nation is the Police and the military. There is nothing in our Constitution that says to qualify for citizenship, you have to be a militant; it is an aberration and that cannot be tolerated.

“So, what the authorities in Rivers State are doing is within the ambits of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; they are within the law. What they are simply doing is to ensure security for the citizens and residents of Rivers State. I think the realization by the Police authority and all the security forces in Rivers State that time is up for these criminals to be removed; for me, it is a welcomed development.

“Rivers State is unsecured at the moment. Typical instance is that night life is almost crippled in the state; by 9:00pm in Port Harcourt, you can’t get any Chemist open. Along Hospital Road for instance, you have Chemists that used to be open 24 hours, but now, 9:00pm, you can’t get that. Supermarkets are shut sometimes by 8:00pm; Stadium Road is a typical example.”

Nsirimovu, who is also the executive director of the Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Laws (IHRHL), called on the people of the state, irrespective of their political affiliation, to support the ongoing police and military operations in the state, saying that development cannot come into an environment that is not secured.

He said, “I think that no matter your political bend in this state, you must support anything that has to do with security of lives and property, because without security, without peace, development can hardly happen in any environment. People feel unsecured and this is real; kidnapping, rape and intimidation by young people whose only power is the possession of small arms. That can’t be tolerated. You can only tolerate that in a failed state.”

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