Security agencies are frantically searching for 50 AK-47 rifles allegedly carted away by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo Local Government area of Rivers State.
Commissioner for Information and Communications in the State, Paulinus Nsirim made the claims while briefing Government House Correspondents in Port Harcourt after the government relaxed the curfew in Oyigbo.
The Rivers State Security Council relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area of the State following the alleged killing of 10 security operatives by members of the proscribed IPOB.
The Council agreed that the curfew would now take effect from 7pm to 6am beginning from Wednesday.
But Nsirim, while addressing newsmen on the eased curfew explained that “during the mayhem that claimed the lives of security agents carrying out their legitimate duties in Oyigbo, 50 AK 47 rifles were carted away.
This disclosure comes as the State Governor, Nyesom Wike announced the arrest of two kingpins of IPOB in Oyigbo by security operatives.