THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has expressed dissatisfaction at the seeming delay by the police to arrest the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Otelemaba Dan Amachree, as ordered by a Port Harcourt High Court.
The party said its discomfort is borne out of the fact that the state government is frustrating investigations of its officials, who are culpable of crimes and offences perpetrated in the crisis, particularly the July 9 incident at the Assembly.
The PDP in a statement in Port Harcourt by Jerry Needam, Media Adviser to the Party Chairman, Felix Obuah, said the expectation was that the Commissioner of Police would act swiftly, considering the sensitivity and seriousness of Amachree’s allegation of a grand plot to kill Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
The Party believes that an urgent response would douse the tension and fears created by the assassination plot and reassure the citizenry of the impartiality and commitment of the police in crime prevention.
“It is important that the police refuse to yield to pressure from the government, as acting otherwise will further leave the people with ill feeling and lack of confidence in the activities of the police.
“We, therefore, call on the Police Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu, to prove his affirmation by the Inspector General of Police as a professional and non partisan police officer, by respecting the decisions of the court and acting in accordance with the law.
“He should arrest Amachree for raising false alarm, claiming to have uncovered plots by some persons to assassinate an eminent personality.
“In such a serious matter as this, the people deserve to know the truth and see that the culprit(s) are punished accordingly
“The only way we can get to the truth is by investigating this serious a1legation so that even the governor, whose life is said to be in danger, can be at peace,” the party said. ###
