The Peoples Democratic Party, Rivers State Chapter has expressed
dissatisfaction over the seeming delay by the Police authorities to
arrest and investigate the impeached Speaker of the Rivers State House
of Assembly, Mr Otelemaba Dan Amachree as ordered by a Port Harcourt
High Court about three weeks ago.
The Party said its discomfort
over the Police inaction on the court order is borne out of the fact
that the Rivers State Government has continued to make frantic efforts
aimed at frustrating series of investigations of its officials who are
culpable in various crimes and offences perpetrated in course of the
current crisis in the state, particularly the July 9, 2013 incident at
the hallowed chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The
PDP in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by Jerry Needam, Adviser on
Media to the State Party Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah, said the expectation
was that the Commissioner of Police would act swiftly, considering
sensitivity and seriousness of Mr Otelemaba Amachree's allegation of a
grand plot to kill the Governor of the state, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi.
The
Party believes that acting urgently and in accordance with the law on
the issue will not only douse the tension and fears already created by
the assassination plot as alleged by Otelemaba Dan Amachree but will go a
long way to reassuring the citizenry of the impartiality and commitment
of the Police in crime prevention and protection of lives and property
in the state.
'It is important that the Police refuses to yield to
pressure of compromise by the Rivers State Government, as acting
otherwise will further leave the people with ill feelings and lack of
confidence in the activities of our Police force', the Party said.
'We
therefore call on the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr Mbu Joseph
Mbu to prove his affirmation by the Inspector General of Police as a
professional and non partisan Police Officer, by respecting the
decisions of the court and acting in accordance with the law. He should
urgently arrest and investigate the impeached Speaker, Otelemaba
Amachree for raising false alarm, claiming to have uncovered plots by
some persons to assassinate an eminent personality, like the Governor of
Rivers State, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi.
'In such a serious matter
as this, the people deserve to know the truth and see that the
culprit(s) are punished accordingly. The only way we can get to the
truth is by investigating this serious allegation so that even the
Governor, whose life is said to be in danger can be at peace', the party
stressed.
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