Press Release
Invasion of Omuma Council Premises by
Police in Rivers State
The lawmaker representing the
Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency, Rt the Hon Ogbonna Nwuke has reacted to
Sunday's invasion of the Omuma Local Government premises and the physical
assault on the elected Council Chairman, Mr John Anucha by security forces.
The siege on the council
premises, using tanks, armed police and a sprinkle of soldiers is coming against
the backdrop of attempts to use the Omuma council premises to launch the GDI by
supporters of the Supervising Minister of Education, Barrister Nyesom Wike
The honorable member in a
statement issued in Abuja after he had received briefs from his constituents in
the area described the roles played by the police as despicable, shameful,
unacceptable and undemocratic.
According to him, "Once
again, the police apparently acting on the instructions of a member of the
Rivers State House of Assembly who claims to be a staunch supporter of Nyesom
Wike has demonstrated great disregard for decency and resorted to the use of
terror to intimidate the good people of Omuma Local Government in pursuit of narrow parochial political
interests.
" We are shocked that
such undemocratic methods could be adopted by the police and an elected
official who claims the mandate of his people to undermine democratic tenets
and the rule of law".
" We are further amazed
that serving soldiers and policemen would allow themselves to be used to
unlawfully force open the gate of a council premises in order to encourage the
use of council grounds for the launch of a partisan group such as the GDI.
"It is evidence of the
abysmal use of security personnel in Rivers State since the arrival of the
Commissioner of Police, Mr Mbu to distort law and order and create tension and
crisis".
Nwuke equally remarked,
"This is a clear affront on our
collective sense of decency; our
understanding of society's preservation of public order and public security;
and what is proof of the growing threat to whatever is left of our sense of
public morality under the watch of the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mbu."
The lawmaker who is also a
spokesman for the House of Representatives caucus of the Baraje led PDP urged all
men and women of goodwill, including rights groups to condemn the Rivers State
Commissioner of Police for his penchant for fomenting trouble under the guise
of supporting certain interests in Abuja, saying his acts of great indiscretion
were becoming alarming and legendary.
The representative noted that
the growing misuse of security apparatus, particularly members of the police
force, has strengthened the arguments by proponents of state police on the need for it to be
introduced as part of our federal system.
He assured that the National
Assembly would pay appropriate attention to calls for the establishment of
state police when the time comes.
Signed;
Prince Ogbonna Nwuke (MHR)
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