The Rivers state police command has explained the reason for
barring the governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi from entering his
residence through the Forces Avenue main entrance to the Government
House.
The governor who was on Thursday returning from
an inspection tour of projects in the state was barred by gun-totting
policemen who barricaded the entrance.
According to the state
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Angela Angela Agabe (DSP), the
entrance was blocked as a measure to prevent a breakdown of law and
order after a splinter group of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in the
state opened a secretariat on the same road. All roads leading to Forces
Avenue were immediately closed.
The governor’s Chief of Staff,
Tony Okocha had earlier led members of a faction of the PDP to open the
secretariat at 38, Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt. The
‘secretariat’ was, however, later closed down by the police who were
said to be acting on superior orders.
“You can’t do this. Not
here. We will not allow it,” ordered the police deputy commissioner, Sam
Ogaora, who reportedly led the police team.
“We will go all out
to ensure that we maintain law and order in this state. Anybody that
takes the law into his hands will be dealt with accordingly. That is
exactly what we have done here. We don’t have any secretariat here and
anybody who has come here to hoist any flag will be dealt with. Nothing
more than that,” he said.
While explaining the closure, the state
police PPRO says the governor could have made use of other entrances to
the Government House seeing no reason for the ruckus being generated.
“The governor has other routes to get to the Government House. So I
don’t see how this should be an issue,” Agabe said.
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