A former governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Soala West, was on Wednesday killed by suspected herdsmen in the Aluu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.

Soala, who hailed from the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state, was said to be inspecting his poultry farm in Aluu on March 12, 2020, when he was abducted and taken away to an unknown destination.

His corpse was found on Wednesday around 6pm.

The deceased’s elder brother, Emmanuel, expressed shock over the death of the politician in the hands of the suspected herdsmen.

According to him, Soala had gone to inspect his poultry farm in Aluu when he was whisked away by the herdsmen, who brandished AK-47 rifles.

It was learnt that Soala’s captors had earlier demanded N30m as ransom from his relatives, but later reduced it to N2.5 million.

Though it could not be ascertained if the ransom was paid, Soala’s captors killed the former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party barely a week after he was taken away.

“This is shocking to us. We don’t know why they should kill our brother this way. Our entire family has been thrown into mourning. We just hope that the police will arrest all those involved in the killing of our brother,” Emmanuel said.

Several calls to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, were not answered, while a text message sent to his mobile phone for confirmation of the incident had not been replied to as of the time of filing this report.

WonderManly:
Soala Chukwudi Akasike , Port Harcourt.
A former governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Soala West, was on Wednesday killed by suspected herdsmen in the Aluu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state .
Soala , who hailed from the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state , was said to be inspecting his poultry farm in Aluu on March 12 , 2020 , when he was abducted and taken away to an unknown destination .
His corpse was found on Wednesday around 6 pm .

The deceased ’ s elder brother, Emmanuel , expressed shock over the death of the politician in the hands of the suspected herdsmen .
According to him , Soala had gone to inspect his poultry farm in Aluu when he was whisked away by the herdsmen , who brandished AK - 47 rifles.
It was learnt that Soala ’ s captors had earlier demanded N 30 m as ransom from his relatives, but later reduced it to N2 . 5 million .
Though it could not be ascertained if the ransom was paid , Soala ’ s captors killed the former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party barely a week after he was taken away.

“ This is shocking to us . We don ’ t know why they should kill our brother this way . Our entire family has been thrown into mourning . We just hope that the police will arrest all those involved in the killing of our brother, ” Emmanuel said .
Several calls to the state Police Public Relations Officer , Nnamdi Omoni , were not answered , while a text message sent to his mobile phone for confirmation of the incident had not been replied to as of the time of filing this report .
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Maxymilliano:
This shouldn't be ascribe to suspected Fulani herdsmen, The killing is not any different from the usual cult related killings, which Rivers State is notorious for.

But come OP, is Engr Segun Oni related to the deceased or why attaching his pic to your news ?

ahiboilandgas:
how did they know it herdmens ?
Or any crime in farming area is now committed by heardmen or what ....junk newspaper

Osidazz19:

For all we know the killers might even be members of his family for financial reasons. Nigerian journalists are just bunch of retarded lazy idiots perpetrating a narrative with any ounce of evidence.

If they had claimed that he was killed by a suspected member of Ipob, all those hailing this type of junk journalism will be ask for prove and evidence. But now, no evidence is required since it only concerns the Fulanis.

CoolVoice:
May his gentle soul rest in Peace.

I think the media should stop misleading people.. this is kidnapping case by kidnappers in that rejoin. There is no herdsmen kidnapping in Rivers State. Every one in Rivers knows Kidnapping in Rivers is a big problem and it's not new.

So the media should desist from creating and inciting tribal and ethnic divide among the people.

AnanseK:

This post is meant to incite the gullible and imbeciles like you, when cult killers and political assassins pretend to be Herdsmen.

ahiboilandgas:
how did they know it herdmens ?or any crime in farming area is now committed by heardmen or what ....junk new paper

post=87603196:
Bad

helinues:
Daily trust has also joined the set of bad wagons.

Suspected herdmen in River State, state with the highest activity of cultism.

BTW, how does this news related to Segun Oni?

Citytrend:
This is serious