FOR years they terrorized various communities in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State, and each time leaving trails of blood and destruction in their wake. They are members of the dreaded rival cult groups known as Degbam and Icelanders who were always at daggers-drawn and frequently engaged in bloody wars of supremacy over territorial control.

DAYS after, the controversy surrounding No. 17, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, a commercial property that houses a number of businesses, is yet to abate. The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, had filed a debt recovery action against the property owner for failing to pay back a loan obtained from a bank.

THE Lagos State Government has, through the State Waterways Authority, LASWA, donated 25 life jackets to representatives of fishermen associations in the state as part of measures to boost safety on waterways during operation.

Our cult group from today ceases to exist in our local government; we have all come out to accept the amnesty programme of the state government

Many more canals have been channeled into the area, leaving Abule Oki, Akinola, Raji Rasaki and adjoining communities more devastated by the flood abatement activities of the government