Amaechi Asks New CP To Restore Policing In Rivers

Rivers State governor and chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has called on the new commissioner of police deployed to the state, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, to work  towards restoring effective policing in the state.

The governor also said that his administration was willing to cooperate with the police in the state to restore law and order as long as the police was ready to be non-partisan and neutral.

Amaechi disclosed this yesterday when Mr Ogunsakin and other top police officers in the state paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Port Harcourt.

He said, “We are willing to cooperate with the police to restore law and order. The only thing we need is for the police to have the courage to restore law and order. The police must do whatever it takes to restore law and order, the Rivers State government will assist the  Nigerian police in any form that they require.

“Don’t support PDP, and don’t also support APC.  Just, support Rivers people. Any order that is illegal from the Rivers State government, please, don’t obey. What we want is a neutral police commissioner that is firm and understands that the state needs to accommodate everybody, and not one that loves to be in any of the  political parties. I must congratulate you, the plans you have are also well thought out, and needs the support of the Rivers State government.”

Amaechi also recalled the cordial relationship his administration enjoyed with the military and the police when he took over power in 2007.

The governor said, “From February last year (2013) we saw ourselves gradually going back to that era. Go to our communities, these boys are back and carrying weapons and have also installed themselves as chiefs and dishing out instructions.”

Amaechi further narrated how his administration supported the police in providing Armoured Personnel Carriers, (APC), bullet proof vests, scholarship programmes, primary health centres and others, as a way of motivating the police in the state.

He said, “If they give you the history of our support to the Police in Rivers State, you will be shocked. Please just take your time, call for all the files in the past one year and go through them. You will find out that while my colleagues were battling with other things, we were making efforts to buy Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC).”

- Leadership

loading...