The Rivers State police
command has said that it had arrested 13 persons, including an Aluu community
chief, in connection with the killing of four University of Port Harcourt
students last Friday.
This came on the heels of the promise by the Rivers
State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to get to the root of the matter and
ensure that all those found culpable were made to face the law.
Also, the student union of the university has
appealed to government and its security agencies to ensure that their murdered
colleagues get justice.
Confirming the arrests to journalists in Port Harcourt
on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer of Rivers State police
command, Ben Ugwuegbulam (DSP), said investigations were still on and that
every culprit would be made to face the wrath law.
He, however appealed to both the families of the
murdered students and students of UNIPORT to be patient and not take the laws
into their hands as the command would not rest until it had unravelled the
mystery sorrounding the killings.
“The Rivers State police command unequivocally condemns
the gruesome killing of four UNIPORT students on Friday, 5/10/2012 by an irate
mob from Aluu community. The command sympathises with the families of the slain
students and also appeals to them not to take the laws into their hands.
Students of UNIPORT are urged not to engage in any reprisal attack as such
could lead to chaos and anarchy.
“The command has commenced diligent investigation into
the ugly incident. An amazing success has been recorded in that regard as 13
persons, including the chief of the community suspected to have been involved
in the reprehensible and barbaric act have been arrested, based on credible
intelligence and video clips of the killings,”the PPRO said.