The stakeholders also dismissed claims by some youths from Rumuegom village that a disputed land was the cause of the shooting in Rumuekini.
Briefing newsmen after a meeting, the Chief Security Officer of Rumuekini, SAMUEL NNAMTA said the community was in support of the raid by the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.
He called on the Rivers state Police Command to carry-out frequent surveillance of Rumuekini to avoid any breakdown of order.
Some of the indigenes of Rumuegom village who were brutally wounded during the outbreak over the weekend appealed to the State government to intervene in the controversy to avoid an impending communal clash.
