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Police Are Aware Of Plan To Attack Save Movement Rally -Amaechi

The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, says the State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Joseph Mbu, has prior knowledge of the attack on citizens at … Continue reading Police Are Aware Of Plan To Attack Save Movement Rally -Amaechi


The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, says the State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Joseph Mbu, has prior knowledge of the attack on citizens at the venue of the Save Rivers Movement rally held in Khana local Government Area.

Addressing reporters after the rally was disrupted by hoodlums on Sunday, Amaechi insisted that Mr Mbu had declared war on Rivers State people and had also warned the police not to come to the venue of the rally.

He pointed out that the decision was a clear signal that he was aware that the attack would be carried out.

“If he was not aware, why did the police not respond when the people started shooting by 4: 00am? When they started shooting from 4:00am to 6:00am what did the police do?

The governor also said that the incident showed how desperate the Federal Government was over the 2015 election.

They want to win the presidential election and governorship election at the cost of human lives. They don’t care.

“They attacked pressmen and attacked citizens and the commissioner of police did not react?

The police in the state had said that there were no casualties but the governor said that two persons were injured by the hoodlums.

“Two people are lying critically ill in the hospital, which I have to visit, Governor Amaechi said.

He pointed out that the Oath of Office taken by elected officials specified that they must protect lives and property.

“The President, Goodluck Jonathan, holds the Rivers State people the responsibility of protecting their lives and their lives are not being protected,” he stated.