Rivers Govt Reject Police Report On Wike, Amaechi Convoy Clash

The Rivers State government has rejected the report of the
Nigerian Police on the last weekend’s clash between the convoy of
Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, and the Minister of Transportation,
Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Describing the report as biased and sad development, the state
government said with the report, the Nigerian Police has chosen to
disgrace itself.

The commissioner for Information and Communications, Barrister
Emma Okah, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, said the police
did not investigate the matter but acted a script written for it by
the Commander of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Mr Akin
Fakorede.

Okah said, “The Rivers State Government has rejected and
dismissed the Nigeria Police report on the convoy attack on the
Governor of Rivers State by the Minister of Transport, saying the
biased report is a sad development for the police force that has
chosen to disgrace itself.

“Two days ago, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police in a
statement said the convoy incident was a minor accident and that
investigations did not show how the outrider and his bike were
knocked down, even though the man is alive and in his custody.

“He also said that the Governor was 400 meters away from crime
scene but admitted that the Governor’s CSO queried a lot of SARS
officers who were around the scene. This is turning logic upside
down.

“The police did not investigate the matter but acted a script
written for it by the Commander of the Special Anti Robbery Squad
(SARS) Mr Akin Fakorede, who is a bosom friend and hatchet man of
the Minister of Transport and the APC.

“From the totality of the statement of the Police in Rivers
State, it is very obvious that plans and strategies have reached
advanced stages to eliminate the Governor of Rivers State His
Excellency Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON and the incident of last Sunday
is a manifestation of the plans of the police.

“It is wicked and wrong for the police to treat a state governor
like a subordinate of a minister, more so when the police has been
receiving tremendous logistics and financial support from the
Rivers State Government.

“Not to recognize the priority of the Governor’s convoy over any
other convoy in the state except those allowed by law is a national
embarrassment. Could this be the reason why the Nigerian police was
recently voted as the worst in the whole world?

“It is deliberate falsehood for the police to say that at the
time the outrider got to Nkpogu Junction and intercepted the
Minister’s SUV Black Lexus 750 Jeep, the convoy of the governor was
400 meters away.

“It is even more satanic for the same police to say that they
did not know how the outrider fell from his Bike when everybody
including the Minister of Transport said that he was the one who
intentionally knocked down the bike and the rider.

“The Governor’s convoy was a short one on that Sunday and the
outrider who is the first part of the convoy was certainly not up
to 60 meters away from the Governor. If the police was in doubt as
to who knocked down the outrider, why did they not ask the rider
who they have since detained and are planning to dismiss from
service for doing his job?

“It further mangles logic that the police is confused as to who
has the No. 1 convoy right in the State. Is the office of minister
above that of the Governor of a state in Nigeria?

“It is wrong for the Police to accord priority to the convoy of
a Minister over and above that of the State Governor, confirming
accusations that the police has low regard for the government and
people of Rivers State.

“When a police high command indulges in deliberate falsehood and
closes its eyes to the truth, the people cannot trust it and the
result is an express invitation to anarchy as the police is doing
in Rivers State.”

The Rivers State government has rejected the report of the
Nigerian Police on the last weekend’s clash between the convoy of
Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, and the Minister of Transportation,
Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Describing the report as biased and sad development, the state
government said with the report, the Nigerian Police has chosen to
disgrace itself.

The commissioner for Information and Communications, Barrister
Emma Okah, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, said the police
did not investigate the matter but acted a script written for it by
the Commander of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Mr Akin
Fakorede.

Okah said, “The Rivers State Government has rejected and
dismissed the Nigeria Police report on the convoy attack on the
Governor of Rivers State by the Minister of Transport, saying the
biased report is a sad development for the police force that has
chosen to disgrace itself.

“Two days ago, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police in a
statement said the convoy incident was a minor accident and that
investigations did not show how the outrider and his bike were
knocked down, even though the man is alive and in his custody.

“He also said that the Governor was 400 meters away from crime
scene but admitted that the Governor’s CSO queried a lot of SARS
officers who were around the scene. This is turning logic upside
down.

“The police did not investigate the matter but acted a script
written for it by the Commander of the Special Anti Robbery Squad
(SARS) Mr Akin Fakorede, who is a bosom friend and hatchet man of
the Minister of Transport and the APC.

“From the totality of the statement of the Police in Rivers
State, it is very obvious that plans and strategies have reached
advanced stages to eliminate the Governor of Rivers State His
Excellency Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON and the incident of last Sunday
is a manifestation of the plans of the police.

“It is wicked and wrong for the police to treat a state governor
like a subordinate of a minister, more so when the police has been
receiving tremendous logistics and financial support from the
Rivers State Government.

“Not to recognize the priority of the Governor’s convoy over any
other convoy in the state except those allowed by law is a national
embarrassment. Could this be the reason why the Nigerian police was
recently voted as the worst in the whole world?

“It is deliberate falsehood for the police to say that at the
time the outrider got to Nkpogu Junction and intercepted the
Minister’s SUV Black Lexus 750 Jeep, the convoy of the governor was
400 meters away.

“It is even more satanic for the same police to say that they
did not know how the outrider fell from his Bike when everybody
including the Minister of Transport said that he was the one who
intentionally knocked down the bike and the rider.

“The Governor’s convoy was a short one on that Sunday and the
outrider who is the first part of the convoy was certainly not up
to 60 meters away from the Governor. If the police was in doubt as
to who knocked down the outrider, why did they not ask the rider
who they have since detained and are planning to dismiss from
service for doing his job?

“It further mangles logic that the police is confused as to who
has the No. 1 convoy right in the State. Is the office of minister
above that of the Governor of a state in Nigeria?

“It is wrong for the Police to accord priority to the convoy of
a Minister over and above that of the State Governor, confirming
accusations that the police has low regard for the government and
people of Rivers State.

“When a police high command indulges in deliberate falsehood and
closes its eyes to the truth, the people cannot trust it and the
result is an express invitation to anarchy as the police is doing
in Rivers State.”