Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has threatened to stop its
assistance in further equipping the state police command, as it is no longer
devoted to securing the people of the state.
He disclosed this when members of the
governing board of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), led by its
chairman, Chief Gordon Bozimo, paid him a visit in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.
He also called on the Federal Government
to help the economy and security of the state by replacing the current
Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu.
Amaechi, who spoke on the security
situation in the state when the chairman of the board, who is also a member of
the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), complained
about the recent rise in kidnap cases involving corps members in the state,
noted that security situation had nose-dived in the state since Mbu moved in.
It will be recalled that the
relationship between the governor and the police commissioner had not been
cordial since the political crisis in the state escalated.
Governor Amaechi further lamented the
turn that the security situation in the state had taken since the commissioner
resumed duties in the state, calling on the Inspector General of Police to
consider the plight of the people who had been at the receiving end of the
worsening security and redeploy Mbu.
“I don’t want a commissioner of
police that will work for me, I want a commissioner of police that will work
for the interest of the state, that will work for Rivers people. So, it is not
only me that you should complain to, talk to the Inspector-General of Police
and those who transferred the commissioner that was working in the interest of
Rivers people.
“Port Harcourt is becoming unsafe and
more NYSC members may be kidnapped, except they remove Joseph Mbu. It
will worsen when we (the state government) stop funding the police, because we
will soon stop funding them.
“Mbu has been sitting with politicians
for political reasons and the security system is down and out. Since he
came, we have never had peace. We have held security council meetings two or
three times. But before Mbu came, we used to hold security meetings two
or three times every month.
We know where our corps members are
and we know the level of security arrangement we put in place to protect them.
“We also send the SSS to watch over
them. We have equipment that monitors what happens where. The only way
they will not kidnap corpers is to send Mbu back to where he came from and post
us a commissioner of police that will serve the interest of this state,” the
governor said.
Governor Amaechi further alleged that
the target of those who effected the posting of Mbu into the state was to cripple
the economy of the state.
“Mbu is a politician, because he
attends political meetings with those who brought him to our state and there is
no way you can stop that.
“The only way you can stop that is to
ask the politicians in Abuja to withdraw their Commissioner of Police and allow
us to secure Rivers State.
“My fear is that his stay in Rivers
State is intended to kill the conducive business climate in Port Harcourt and
the fast growing economy of our state,” he said.
In his speech, chairman of the visiting
board, Chief Bozimo, observed that if the situation threatening the stay of
corps members in the state was not curbed on time, it might create an image
problem for the state.
“Three days ago, three of our corps
members were kidnapped. I feel very worried because, if Port Harcourt is not
safe, I don’t know where people will run to. So, we are imploring you to look
at the problems and fashion out what we can do to nip the problem in the bud,”
he said.
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Amaechi is fighting everybody! Comm of police is now his problem, I dnt gt it. Is it dt d man is incapabl of doing his job or dt he doest want him bc his enemies sent him and r having meeting wit him? Its confusing!
ReplyDeleteThe governor is afraid of d commisioner of police bcos he knows wht he thinks dat is his secret 4get him joor,if tym is nt taking he knows abt d kidnapping corps to make it look as if d comm.of police is nt realy wrking n dat there is insecurity in d state,dat is polities 4 u.He is busy fighting evrybody which will nt help him,he shuld pursue peace n follow it.
ReplyDeleteDon't mined him (Amaechi)he took chuch land owend by igbo man at alo dat is where all his problem from
ReplyDeleteUnless he return the doctor Jesus city that is only when he will have peace.the land he took that belong to a church him he know
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