Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has said the Inspector General of Police should be held responsible in the event of any breakdown of law and order in the State.
Gov. Fubara stated this during a world press conference held in Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday to alert the public on the clandestine moves made by the men of the Nigeria Police at the wee hours of Friday to invade the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission office.
The governor noted that he got a security report that RSIEC office was invaded by the Nigerian Police few hours of getting a signal of Police withdrawing officers guarding the premises of the electoral body, which necessitated his visiting the place. On arrival he saw some fierce looking Policemen in one truck and three other empty vans trying to force their way into the premises, but were subsequently stopped.
He expressed dismay that the movement was a deliberate attempt by the Nigerian Police command from both Rivers State and the Force headquarters to steal electoral materials in order to truncate Saturday, October 5 election.
The governor wondered why they were particular about attacking a State agency as RSIEC when in actual fact the court judgment they were bandying did not order the sealing of the agency or stopping the conduct of the election, but merely ordered INEC not to issue voters register, and asked Police not to participate.
He urged those who are aggrieved and wouldn’t want to participate in the election to go to Court rather than their futile effort of attempting to stop the electioneering process in order to create problems in the State, adding that people are already complaining of hardship and hunger and the detractors are attempting to stampede the Local Government civil servants in the State.
Gov. Fubara assured Nigerians and the peace loving people of Rivers State that his administration has done everything that is needed to ensure that the local government election holds as scheduled.
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