The Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has condemned the violent attack on officers of the Nigerian Police at their various duty posts in Rivers State on Friday May 7, 2021.

News Express reports that the attack on police facilities left seven policemen dead.

In a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the group’s National Director Mobilization, Alhaji Abubakar Amaigbo Brown, and Comrade George Okitikpi, Chief Security Officer to its President, MOSIEND expressed concern over the worsening insecurity in Rivers state.

MOSIEND described recent attacks on security forces as “unfortunate, barbaric, senseless and evil by all ramifications,” adding that such perpetrators must be fished out and made to pay for their crimes at all cost.

“As a group, we are calling on the citizens, residents and groups in Rivers State to condemn the acts; it is callous and inhuman. These police officers who are breadwinners of their families really don’t deserve to die just like that. What’s their crime? Are they not Nigerians?

“Rivers people, Nigerians and indeed foreigners residing in the state should be on the alert and vigilant at all times to report strange and suspicious movement around their environment and neighborhood to the nearest security agents for prompt action.

“Security is everybody's responsibility, the recurring decimal of violent crimes on security officers is a clear indication that some hoodlums have turned themselves to agents of darkness and enemies of the state to wreak havoc in the state to score cheap points and Rivers people must not allow it.

“The Nigerian Police and sister security agencies should be alive to their responsibilities through effective monitoring and supervision of command and control, while still encouraging healthy citizens engagement for sound information and intelligence gathering,” the statement read in part.”

The group urged Governor Nyesom Wike to up his game by activating and applying policies and machineries he has hitherto established to deescalate these enemies of the state.

They pointed out that Rivers people deserve a more strategic and coordinated approach to stem the tide of violence before it snowballs into an unmanageable dimension.

The group commiserated with the families of the victims, the Nigerian Police Force and Rivers people.