The security agents who accompanied members of the committee to retrieve arms from repentant cultists and criminals in the area, acted on tip off that ONYENCHE and his son were harassing another indigene with dangerous weapons few metres from the disarmament centre.
Our correspondent reports that a locally made pistol, cartridge, matches and several phones were recovered from the home of the suspect after a search.
The suspect was immediately handed over to the Swift Operation Squad of the Rivers State Police Command, while the son escaped.
Meanwhile, the Rivers State Amnesty Committee has recovered additional weapons from repentant criminals in Etche, including two Pump Action guns and sixteen locally made guns.
Our correspondent reports that the guns were handed over by cult leaders who recovered them from their allies who just returned from self-exile.
Additionally; two hundred and fifty-five members of Mbolo and Agbagba Marines in Abonnema town in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area have embraced amnesty.
The repentant criminals who were involved in pipeline vandalism, piracy, kidnapping and high sea robbery also surrendered arms to the Rivers State amnesty committee.
Our correspondent SANDRA KENNETH reports that the committee recovered one Ak-47, eleven dane guns, forty-five cutlasses, over one thousand ammunition, seven cartridges, forty-two dynamites, forty-two detonator and two locally made pistols.
The leader of Agbagba Marine, TOBY DIEPREYE said they decided to surrender voluntarily, just as he urged the government to show sincerity on the implementation of the program.
In his response; the Special Adviser to the Governor on Amnesty, KENNETH CHINDA assured the repentant cultists that they would be rehabilitated, trained and given employment.
