The Chidi Odinkalu-led panel on politically-motivated killing in Rivers State began sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Monday. Not a few were taken aback by this development given reports that a court had stopped it from going ahead with the probe of the death of several people before, during and after the elections in the oil-rich state.
When the panel began its sitting, Odinkalu explained that no member of the panel had been served.
Only a handful of witnesses gave their testimonies that day. One key case that came up that day was that of the Adubes and their friends who were killed by yet-to-be identified men.
Adube, a former council chair, his three children and five others ‘related’ to him one way or the other were killed in his house. He was obviously the target. But the killers did not want to leave any trace. They perhaps also wanted to teach him a lesson by wiping out almost his entire family.
The sort of evil that men do should not just live after them, it should catch up with them while they are still on this side of the earth and make sure they pay serious restitution for their sins against God and humanity.
The men who killed the Adubes and others should not go scot free. They must be found out and made to face the music. There should be no hiding for the wicked. Chikena!