…Urges Police IG to Resist Pressure to Transfer Prime Suspect in Explosion Incidence Near Hotel Presidential to Abuja
…alleges Explosion Targeted at Senators ,Rep Members on Oversight Function in Port Harcourt…
By Olawale Lamina
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party ,nPDP, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has condemned in the strongest of terms schemes by those he described as pro-Wike political hustlers , including former council chairmen ex-Lawmakers to turn Rivers State into a scene of carnage and bloodbath to justify their call for an emergency rule.
Recall that on June 25, 2024, there was an incidence of detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt during a protest led by some group of politicians. The protesters had embarked on the demonstration despite warnings from the state Commissioner of Police against engaging in the procession for serious security concerns.
In a statement made available to the media, the APC chief alleged that the protest was a mere tactic contrived by those he described as ‘sore losers’ as a cloak to unleash mayhem in strategic locations in the state including Hotel Presidential where members of the Senate Committee on Privatization who were in the state for an oversight function were lodged, to give a national colouration to their vain call for state of emergency.
He condensed actions by the group of politicians as contrary to recognized norm of civilized behavior and conventional conduct of responsible citizens in a democracy and said, ” it is tantamount to waging war against the state, for disgruntled politicians to freely resort to armed warfare in a bid to foist their inordinate desire on the state and her people against the spirit of the law and in defiance of a reasonable order to ‘cease and desist’ by the Police Force.”
He expressed the fears that investigations into the incidence may be punctured by “undue interference as reports are ripe that the Force Headquarters is under pressure to transfer the prime suspect in the explosion to Abuja..”
Eze called on the IGP to resist any pressure on him to scuttle investigation into the incidence to unravel the brain behind the conflict in the state, with an intention to bring down the administration of Governor Siminialayi Fubara whom he commended for having demonstrated rare competence in steering the business of government in the state in the face of opposition.
Similarly, the APC leader urged the Rivers State Commissioner of Police to extend invitation to the protesters particularly their leaders, including House of Reps Member Hon. O.K. Chinda, former Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, former Chairman, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, George Ariorlu and others so as to explain their alleged roles in the protest.
Eze commended the State Commissioner of Health for her proactiveness in deploying strategies to identify the detonator of the IED and ensuring that the victim is resuscitated from his unconscious state to gain stability so as so be able to give useful information to the police authorities to aid their investigation into the incident.
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