Today Sunday January 12,
2014, Rivers State witnessed another senseless attack on innocent citizens in a
continuous rape of democracy by the Joseph Mbu led Rivers State police command.
Today’s attack on
members of the Save Rivers Movement, a non governmental association at the
College of Arts and Science, Rumuola, Port Harcourt Rivers State and especially
the unprovoked shooting of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, the senator representing
Rivers South East senatorial district is cause for worry and an indication of
the length that the PDP is willing to go to silence opposing views.
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The Rivers State
government has it on good authority that Senator Abe took the bullet originally
meant for Governor Chibuike Amaechi who was billed to be present at the event.
This is disconcerting especially in the light of recent revelations that the
presidency may be training snipers ahead of the 2015 elections and that
Governor Amaechi is top on the list of those to be eliminated.
The Rivers State
Government wishes to request the Federal Government and its agencies to respect
the rules of democratic engagement in their misguided fight against the people
of Rivers State and especially save our nation from the unnecessary chaos into
which federal agents like Mbu want to plunge it ahead of the 2015 elections.
The Rivers State
Government therefore reiterates its call for the re deployment of CP Mbu from
Rivers State before he turns the state into a graveyard because of his
intolerance and unprofessional behaviour.
The Government of Rivers
State understands that Mr. Mbu would prefer to be a “policetician” rather than
a responsible police officer but would request that he attempts to at least
protect the lives and properties of the poor Rivers taxpayers who pay his
salary, and who are the real employers of the officers and men of the Rivers
State police command.
The Rivers State
Government condemns the disruption of the Save Rivers Movement rally especially
since the disruption is selective seeing that the police do not only allow
members of the PDP Grass root Democratic Initiative (GDI) to hold rallies but
indeed provides them with protection. The Rivers State government believes in
the freedom of association and freedom of expression guaranteed to all
Nigerians by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and wishes to
ask the Inspector General of Police, the Chairman Police Service commission,
the Chairman Nigeria Human Rights Commission and Mr. President on whose table
the buck ends as Commander in Chief and the Nation’s Number One citizen to call
Mr. Mbu to order and bring an end to this impunity in Rivers State, and restore
the hope of Rivers people that they have not been marked as enemies and lamb
for slaughter in their own country.
Despite the shenanigans
of Mr. Mbu and his cohorts, the Rivers State Government wishes to reassure
Rivers people of its commitment to fight on the side of the people and on the
side of truth. We appeal to our people to remain law abiding and not to take
the laws into their own hands as we promise to continue to use all legitimate
and legal means to guarantee the safety of our people and their rights to exist
in Nigeria.
Signed
Ibim
Semenitari
Commissioner of
Information and Communications,
Rivers State
January
12, 2014
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