Thursday, December 26, 2024

Fubara vs Amaewhule: Rivers Government Criticizes Police for Partiality

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The Rivers State government is very unhappy with the Nigeria Police. They think the police are not doing their job properly to keep people safe in the state.

This unhappiness comes after a fight. The fight was between people who support Martins Amaewhule, a speaker in the state House of Assembly, and people who support the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The fight happened at a health center on Wednesday.

The state Commissioner for Information, Joseph Johnson, says it is very bad that the police, whose job is to keep people safe, are doing things that put people in danger instead.

He said that the police went to a health center in Eliozu, a place in the Obio/Akpor local government area, and fired teargas. This made people very scared.

“What I did not like about what happened on Wednesday is that the police went to a health center and used teargas,” said Johnson.

“The police are still keeping the 23 local government councils in a lockdown. Last time, the Amaewhule group used dynamite near the Presidential Hotel, and the police said they were looking into it, but nothing has happened since.

In October last year, someone tried to harm the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, when he went to see the damage at the Assembly complex that caught fire. Since then, the police have not arrested anyone.”

“The police are not supporting the Rivers State government. Amaewhule and his group said the police are on their side, and it looks like it is true. To use teargas at a health center where there are sick people, pregnant women, and babies, and for the police to do nothing about it, is very telling,” Johnson added.

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