6 policemen sacked for protecting me against assassination - Wike
Just few hours after the Nigeria Police Force sacked six of its men and ordered their arrest for alleged unethical practices during the December 10 election rerun in Rivers, the state government has reacted.
A statement by Austin Tam-George, the spokesperson for the governor, described the action as a sad day for the Nigerian Police Force.
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"The police officers were subjected to a secret and unfair trial, on totally fictitious charges of professional misconduct, during the rerun elections in Rivers State on the 10th of December 2016.
"This is a tragic day for professionalism and the respect for human rights in the Nigeria police force.
"The dismissed officers committed no crime, other than foil a carefully orchestrated electoral heist by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in collusion with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Nigeria Police force.
"The claim by the Police that the affected officers misused their firearms while in the convoy of governor Wike on the 10th of December 2016, is a wrong and cruel fabrication.
"Governor Wike did not depart from his official premises on the day of the election, and therefore had no use for an armed convoy.
"Two days after the elections, on the 12th of December 2016, thousands of Rivers people, led by Governor Wike, resisted an invasion by the police on the premises of the Port Harcourt City Local Government Council premises, in a brazen attempt to rig the elections in favour of the APC.
“These officers committed no crime, other than stopping a carefully planned assassination attempt on the life of Governor Wike.
“The officers are the latest victims of the medieval authoritarianism of the APC government that seems to lurch blindly in the miasma of its own incompetence.
“We urge Nigerians to demand the immediate reinstatement of these officers, and for the Inspector General of Police to allow an independent inquiry.
“The APC government has never hidden it’s desperation to overrun Rivers state, colonise its people and loot the treasury of the state, but the Rivers people have seen the face of the Lord, and will spare no sacrifice as we resist the satanic agenda of the APC government,” the statement said.
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The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Don Awunah, had said the affected officers who were part of the convoy of the governor on the day of the election, “misused their firearms.”
He said the affected soldiers were investigated and found wanting and would be charged according to the electoral act.
Source: Legit.ng
