DETERMINED to get back government property
looted from the Government House in Port
Harcourt, security operatives on Monday evening
recovered 10 vehicles allegedly stolen by officials
of the immediate past administration in the state.
The vehicles were recovered from two locations
identified as Rumuokparali and Trans-Amadi in
Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
A statement from Government House identified
the recovered vehicles as one Coaster bus, two
Nissan Urvan buses, two Higer vehicles, one
Land Cruiser, one Toyota Hilux Pick-up, one
Peugeot 607 Saloon car and two Peugeot 406
cars.
It was learnt that security operatives who
conducted the operation were accompanied to
the locations by some Government House
employees.
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike,
had, on assumption of duty, alleged massive
looting of government property and facilities by
the immediate past administration.
Wike had also taken leading Rivers State
stakeholders on a tour of the Government House
to see the points where facilities in Government
House were either looted or vandalised.
The governor had, however, vowed that all
stolen government property would be recovered
while those found to have engaged in the criminal
act would be made to face the wrath of the law.
A statement from Government House revealed
that security operatives had begun the
interrogation of those found at the locations
where the stolen vehicles were recovered.
Government House in Port Harcourt says the
property recovery process will be a continuous
process.
Speaking on the development, the state Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad,
told Southern City News on Tuesday that the
command was able to recover the vehicles based
on information that the stolen items were seen in
unauthorised places.
“Acting on information that some suspected
vehicles belonging to the Rivers State
Government were seen parked in unauthorised
yards, the command recovered three Coaster
buses, two 306 Peugeot, two Hummer buses
and one 306 Peugeot,” Mohammad said.
He, however, pointed out that investigation was
still ongoing with a view to recovering more of
the stolen vehicles and property removed
without authorisation from the Government
House