The Rivers State Police Command says it has identified the prime suspect who detonated a dynamite near the Hotel Presidential adjacent to Aba Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on June 25, 2024.
The command named the suspect as 49-year-old Preye Josiah, from Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, saying he will be charged in court soon.
The spokesman for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday and sent to newsmen.
Iringe-Koko, also said the suspect has been on the police’s wanted list for his involvement in a series of bank robberies in Bayelsa State, adding that he is a member of a dreaded cult group called the Vikings
The suspect was severely injured with one of his hands chopped off after he detonated the dynamite during a protest in support of the occupation of the 23 LG secretariats of…