A socio-political group in Ekpeye kingdom, Rivers state has described as a show of shame the role the police are playing in the state to trounce on all political outfits floated by Governor Chibuike Amaechi and lending adequate security cover and support to the Grassroot Democratic Initiative GDI-a political pressure group floated by the Minister of State Nyesom Wike.
The pro-Amaechi group comprising, Ahoada East and West Local Government Areas in Rivers State, in a statement said “the police in Rivers State under Mbu Joseph Mbu which should protect citizens have turned politicians” and called for the immediate redeployment of Mr. Mbu and investigate his activities in Rivers State.
Reacting to an attack by the police on members of the Save Rivers Movement SRM (a political outfit of Governor Amaechi’s supporters) at a gathering in Port Harcourt, the group called on the police authorities to allow a level playing ground for all politicians and political parties if the hard earned democracy must thrive.
It reminded the police of their neutral constitutional responsibility of protecting lives and property irrespective of the political divide and called for a complete halt to the systematic disparaging of the office of Governor Amaechi by the police under any guise, stressing that an assault on the office of the Governor is an assault on the entire Rivers State.
