₦airaland Forum

APC denies involvement in police takeover of
Rivers councils

JULY 12, 2015 : CHUKWUDI

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has
dismissed claims by the Peoples Democratic
Party that it (APC) is behind the takeover of local
government secretariats in the state by the Police.

Rivers APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya,
said in a statement issued on Sunday in Port
Harcourt, that the allegation against his party was
baseless, watery and without any foundation.
Ikanya explained that the APC was not a lawless
party like the PDP, insisting that his party has no
hand in the occupation of the council secretariats
by the police.

“The accusation is watery, baseless and without
foundation. APC as a party has nothing to do with
the Police takeover of the LG Secretariats in
Rivers State.

“We are not a lawless party like PDP that used the
Police and other security organs to make the
state virtually ungovernable during their time in
power at the centre,” the state APC chairman said.
According to Ikanya, the APC has always been
known as a party that respects and advocates
strict adherence to the rule of law.

He said, “There is no way the APC will suddenly
turn around to do otherwise. The memory of how
the lawless PDP-led Federal Government under
the watch of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan used the
police to harass, intimidate and hound the then
Governor Rotimi Amaechi and APC leaders in
Rivers State remains ever fresh.

“PDP leaders in the state clapped and danced
when their leader, Chief Nyesom Wike, murdered
the rule of law through the infamous CP Joseph
Mbu. He (Mbu) heartlessly dispersed 13,000
teachers who gathered to receive their
employment letters, aided the five renegade
lawmakers to attempt the impeachment of the
then Speaker of the Rivers State House of
Assembly.

“Having unequivocally condemned such excesses,
there is no way we as a party could possibly turn
around to instigate the police under the new, law-
abiding administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari, to walk the path of infamy as was the case
during the discredited Jonathan administration.

“In any case, even if we haboured such thoughts,
it wouldn’t have been possible to execute it under
the present dispensation as the President Buhari
administration is not running a lawless
government as was the case during the time of
Dr. Jonathan and could not have directed the
police to embark upon any illegal act.”
He, however, restated his party’s rejection of the
order by the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt,
sacking the 22 LG Chairmen elected during the
Amaechi era.

Ikanya stated that the state APC would follow
constitutionally approved judicial processes to
seek justice in the matter.

He commended the police for acting promptly to
forestall the breakdown of law and order, following
Justice Akanbi’s unpopular judgement vowing to
do everything lawful to ensure that the sacked
council chairmen were not humiliated out of
office.

Meanwhile, security operatives that had been at
various local government secretariats in the state
have vacate the places.

It was gathered that the vacation of the council
secretariats was on the orders of the Inspector
General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase.
It was also learnt that the State Governor, Chief
Nyesom Wike, had earlier spoken with the IGP on
the matter before an order was given for
policemen to leave the council secretariats.

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Freemanan:

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who cares

Liars!!!

Freemanan:

u be mtn?

everywhere u go

illiad:
u be mtn?

everywhere u go

Glo joor... Unlimited

Hmmnnn, na wa ooo. Pikin wey say him mama no go rest, him sef no go rest.

So the IG decided to act on his own This wiII be interesting, when it was the court of Iaw that sacked the Ig chairmen and not wike himseIf...


APC shouId teII another Iie abeg ...SMH