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Officers of the Nigerian eria Police Force have taken over the premises of 22
Local government councils in Rivers state.
DAILY POST gathered that the police may be acting on a perceived
information that some groups who were not favoured by the Federal
High Court ruling may invade the council secretariats in protest.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, had ordered the cancellation of
the local government elections conducted in Rivers State few days to
the expiration of the tenure of former Governor, Rotimi Ameachi’s.
Justice Lambo Akanbi, in his ruling, berated the former administration
of Rotimi Amaechi for conducting the local council elections despite
his order that all parties should maintain status quo and leave the rest.
Justice Akanbi also accused the immediate past government of
“flagrant disobedience of court processes.
In a swift reaction to annulment, the Rivers state House of Assembly,
based on a request from Governor, Nyesom Wike immediately screened
and confirmed Caretaker Committee members to manage the affairs of
the 22 Local councils, all of whom are members of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP in the state.
Reports reaching DAILY POST however has it that the police have been
drafted to all the council secretariats, stopping the newly sworn-in
CTC members and the removed Chairmen from gaining entry into the
councils.
Meanwhile, the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has requested that the council be reopened.
The party described as “unconstitutional, reprehensible abuse of power
and brazen show of partisanship, the action of the APC-
led federal government controlled police in barring caretaker
committees lawfully appointed by the state government from taking
charge of the councils.”
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement on
Friday said the action of the police “is an affront to the
ruling of the High Court, which Thursday dissolved the 22 local
government councils unlawfully imposed by the immediate past
administration in the state, upon which the
caretaker committees were appointed by Governor Nyesom Wike.”
The party said “it was curious that the police allowed the dissolution
of local government councils and appointment of caretaker committees
in APC controlled
Plateau and Kaduna states, even when they were without the orders of
the court but elected to clamp down on that of Rivers State, which
came as a result of judicial pronouncement.”
The former ruling party, now opposition party charged the Inspector
General of Police to come out clean on the matter and assure Nigerians
of the non-partisanship of the Police Force by ordering the immediate
unsealing of the councils.
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The party said Nigerians and the international community should note
the development, which “is a yet another clear indication that the
Nigerian police may have
become a partisan and compromised instrument in the hands of the
APC federal government to destabilize PDP controlled states,” Metuh
said.

Booked

Time for Buhari's impunity to begin to manifest. He did it in 1983/84, he can do it again.

Rivers State's politics getting messier by the day.

kaorama:
Time for Buhari's impunity to begin to manifest. He did it in 1983/84, he can do it again.

they must have received the order from PMB...


Oniranu!

PDP are in no position to cry foul and accuse APC of being partisan. They did the abominable when Jonathan was in power.

First to do no dey pain! Na second to do dey pain pass.