Police kill wanted notorious Rivers cult leader, ‘General Solution’

The CP said the cultist, on sighting the police, engaged operatives in a gun duel.

Olumayowa Samuel • March 26, 2024

Olatunji Disu

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on Monday killed commander of a notorious cult group, Greenlanders, Izuma Odiereke.

The command disclosed this on its official X handle attached with the pictures of the neutralised notorious cult leader who has been on the wanted list of the police for almost 10 years.

The command stated that the cult leader, also known as ‘General Solution,’ carried out his activities in Owube Kingdom, Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.

The post read, “Rivers Police Command neutralised Izuma David Odiereke also known as Solution, a notorious cult leader operating in Owube Kingdom, Ahoada West LGA of Rivers State. Odiereke, s long been on the wanted list of the police.’’

Also speaking to journalists at the Area Command, the Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, said that the cult leader who is also a serial killer, on sighting the police, engaged operatives in a gun duel and tried to escape before he was gunned down at about 4am.

The CP said, “His reign ended when the command took men to his camp at Api Forest between Odiereke Ubie and Joinkarama 4 in Ahoada West LGA. Attempts were made to capture him three days ago, but he escaped. We continued to lay siege to him. We have been having a series of attacks from this so-called General Odiereke that has just been killed alias solution. He has been on the wanted list since 2016. He has been a serial killer. A lot of people have died at his hands.

“Nobody can fish. Nobody can go to the farm because of this man. He is kind of a kid in the jungle. He comes to town in Ahoada West in Ibiza Clan, to be precise. The clan and the community had been deserted because anybody who comes around, he kills and escapes at will. He was doing everything he wanted.

“We are so happy that today, officers of the command led by the DOOR went after him, and luckily for us, they got him. So this is the end of the era of ‘General Solution.’’

The commissioner also stated that General Solution was behind the killing of the area’s paramount ruler in February 2024, including other victims killed by his gang.

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