Mkpoikana Udoma Port Harcourt — Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have neutralised a suspected notorious kidnapper, armed robber and cult leader, Silas Oderereke, in Oderereke community, Ahoada-West Local Government Area of the state.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers State, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the gang leader had been on the run for the past four years.
Iringe-Koko said his reign of terror came to an end when he resisted arrest and opened fire on the police; a development that resulted in his death.
Koko explained that as the head of the Greenlanders cult group in Ubie Clan of Ahoada West, Oderereke and his gang were infamous for their criminal activities which include kidnapping, armed robbery, land grabbing;and brutal attacks on those who dared to oppose them.
The police added that the cult leader would order the destruction of houses in communities that resisted his criminal enterprises.
