Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi
THE feud between the Rivers State
Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Joseph Mbu, took a different dimension on Thursday when Mbu described
the governor as a tyrant and a dictator.
Mbu, who spoke with newsmen in Port
Harcourt, also dared anyone to embark on a protest in the state without
seeking police permission.
He maintained that the state governor was unhappy with him because he (Mbu) refused to be subservient to him.
The police commissioner, who was
reacting to the alarm raised by the state governor on the rising crime
wave in Rivers State, explained that though he had always respected
Amaechi, it was necessary for the governor to reciprocate his (Mbu)
gesture.
Amaechi had on Tuesday lamented the
increasing rate of kidnapping and armed robbery and expressed
reservation over Mbu’s commitment to tackle the situation.
But the commissioner of police disagreed
with the governor, insisting that contrary to Amaechi’s view, security
situation in the state had improved.
He said, “The office of the governor is a respected office.
“Sometimes, silence is golden but
sometimes it is misconstrued. I have respect for Governor Amaechi but
his attacks on me are going beyond bounds.
“Our governor is very tyrannical, he is a
dictator. He wants everybody to say ‘yes sir’ to him and I said I will
not say so. I am a professional.
“The governor should please stop playing
politics with my name. I will tell the whole world why the governor is
against me in the next interview. I will also tell you the crime rate
before I came to Rivers and what the situation is now.”
On the claim by Amaechi that he (Mbu)
was always reporting the deliberations of the State Security Council
meeting to Abuja, Mbu explained that the Inspector General of Police,
Mohammed Abubakar, had insisted that minutes of such meeting be sent to
him.
Mbu said the state had never held any
formal security meeting, adding that letters were supposed to be sent to
the Nigerian Navy and other security outfits through the Special
Adviser on Security.
He said, “There has never been any formal letter written to convene security meeting since I came.”
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