After the quarrels, Still on the matter, Rivers State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, at the weekend made a curious appearance at a fundraiser to build the Christian Police Chapel in Port Harcourt, where he shed light on the crisis of confidence that has pitted his administration against the police authorities in the state.
Amaechi, represented by his deputy, Mr. Tele Ikuru, at the occasion to raise N100 million to build the chapel, said his administration had no problem with the police but with the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, whom he has accused of partisanship in the discharge of his official duties.
The state government and Mbu have been at loggerheads since the onset of the political crisis in the state occasioned by the sack of the executive of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to Amaechi.
The crisis took a turn for the worse last Tuesday when the police boss was accused of complicity in an attempt by five renegade members of the 32-member state House of Assembly to remove the Speaker, Hon. Otelemaba Amachree.
The impeachment bid degenerated into a brawl in the assembly as members, joined by suspected thugs, exchanged blows.
The next day, supporters of pro and anti-Amaechi lawmakers clashed on the streets of Port Harcourt, a situation that compelled the police to fire tear gas canisters into the Government House in a bid to disperse the crowd, some of whom had converged on the precinct of the governor’s office and official residence.
Last week’s melee in the state has continued to attract reactions as the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria at the weekend condemned the attempt by the five Rivers State lawmakers to remove the speaker.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) also urged the Police Service Commission (PSC) to address the causes rather than the symptoms of the crisis in the state.
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