Amaechi Attacks Rivers Police Commissioner

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, of mingling with criminals in the state.

Amaechi, who spoke at the maiden edition of Rivers International Fashion Week in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said the development had worsened the security situation in the state.

The governor explained that those that orchestrated kidnapping, killings, rape and armed robbery in the state in 2007, were fighting hard to come back to power in the state.

Amaechi added that the state would not allow the current commissioner of police in the state to take the state back to 2007 when crime was at it highest level in Rivers.

He recalled that the state government was able to fight crime from 2007 with the support of several police commissioners that came to serve in the state, adding that only Mbu had gone contrary to his (Mbu) function of securing lives and property.

The governor explained that the people would not allow those stealing the state’s resources to come back, adding that his administration was committed to protecting the state’s resources.

“Mbu is mingling with criminals, but no matter the number of police commissioners they send here, we will not allow the state to be taken over by criminals.

“We have been able to fight crime in the past and we chased criminals away from the state with the support of police commissioners who came to serve in the state at that time.

“But only Mbu has refused to support us in fighting crime. Those who stole the resources of the state are trying to come back, the government with the people of the state will not allow them,” he said.

However, efforts made to reach the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Angela Agabe, to react to Amaechi statement, was not successful as she could not respond to several calls put across to her by our correspondent.

This further fuelled speculations that the PPRO had been removed over the alleged shoddy manner she handled the story of the release of the kidnapped Archbishop Ignatius Kattey.

The clergyman had said that the police were not responsible for his release contrary to what Agabe told the press.

Source: Punch Nigeria

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Flood: Two Killed, One Injured In Ibadan After 24-hrs Of Non-Stop Rainfall – Police

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Bisi Ilobanafor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday that the incident occurred around 8.15a.m near Challenge Police Station.

Ilobanafor said that one of the victims was a commercial motorcyclist while the other was an old man.

“The old man’s name was unknown. He was going in the rain and his leg slipped causing him to fall, hit his head on a stone and he died on the spot.

“The other one was an okada (motorcycle) rider with his passenger. They were swept away by the flood. The passenger was rescued, he is receiving treatment at UCH; while the cyclist’s corpse was seen along the road around 2.30 p.m. on Monday,” she said.

 

Ilobanafor, said the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Mohammed Indabawa, had directed that policemen should be stationed at the flood point to prevent others from falling victims.

“As at now, some policemen are there to direct people away from the area so that those ignorant will not fall victims,” she said.

Ilobanafor advised residents to avoid going out in the rain and flooded areas so as to avoid falling victims of such scary circumstance.

“People should be conscious of where they put their legs whenever it rains because one may not really know the even ground from the uneven one when everywhere is covered by water.

“So, the best thing is to walk in an area one can see well than for one to put his or her legs anywhere,” she said.  (NAN)

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