A Youth activist and social commentator,Charles Jaja has disclosed that the failure on the part of Rivers state governor to redeem the pledge of one hundred million naira bounty placed on infamous cult leader,David Gift aka 2Baba said to be the mastermind in the killing of SP Bako Angbashim , will breach trust and reduce morale of whistle blowers from giving useful information to the Police and other security agencies.
Mr Jaja made the assertion while reacting to the failure of Rivers state government to redeem the pledge five months after the Police killed and paraded the corpse of 2Baba.
In an interview,Comrade Jaja said “He(Governor) was not forced to make the pronouncement,he made it because he wanted people to come out to give information.
“And if someone has come out to give information,i feel that he should redeem his pledge to the people,so that people can continually bring information to our security agencies.
“Something of this nature will discourage the people not to come to security agencies with any further information owing to the fact that they will say the Governor made promise sometime ago and he did not fulfill it.
“I feel that whether there is any strained relationship between him and the Police command in the state,that should not be the issue,the issue here is that he made a promise and should keep to that promise by releasing the said one hundred million naira to the people”.
Recall that Governor Fubara on the 9th of September,2023 in a state security council meeting attended by security chiefs in the state,made a pledge of one hundred million naira to any person or group of persons who will give useful information that will lead to capture of 2Baba the killer of SP Angbashim,the Divisional Police Officer(DPO) of Ahoada Police Division as at that time.
The Police announced the death of 2Baba on 19th February,2024 after a fierce gun battle with him on 17th February,2024 while his corpse which was taken away and buried by his colleagues in a shallow grave,was exhumed and paraded by the Police on 23rd February,2024.
Till date the Rivers state government is yet to redeem the pledge of one hundred million naira bounty placed on the notorious cult leader.
