The Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers State Command, SP Nnamdi Omoni has revealed that the police officers who laid siege at the resident of the former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs Joi Nunieh had the approval of the state Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Mukan.
This is contained in a statement released in at the state Command Headquarters in PortHarcourt, Omoni said the operatives were of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) monitoring team and with the support of the state commissioner.
The spokesman said the team reported to command headquarters with their investigation activities duly signed and the CP Joseph Mukan approved it.
He debunked the rumours making the rounds that the police officers were on illegal operation at the resident of Mrs Joi Nunieh.
The statement reads in part :
“The Rivers police command wish to clarify that officers who went to the residence of Nunieh were from the I-G Monitoring Team in Abuja on official assignment to the state,” the statement read.
“The officers, before proceeding to Nunieh’s residence, observed due protocols and requisite standard operating procedures.
“On arrival, the officers reported to the police command headquarters with their investigation activities duly signed and approved by the commissioner.
“The reference that police officers went to arrest Nunieh without the directive of the CP and I-G is ridiculous and most unfortunate, hence should be disregarded".
It would be recalled that Gov Wike had stormed the Port Harcourt residence of the Former acting managing director NDDC on Thursday and freed her from the siege policemen, there to arrest her.
However, before the police could gain entrance into her residence, the governor arrived the scene and took her to the Government House.
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07-18 08:48:44Why was same treatment not given to Akpabio?
Heaven-Queen
07-19 07:16:55N/B. NIGERIAN POLICE ONLY HV GOOD TACTICS WHEN IT COMES TO MATTERS OF COLLECTING BRIBES FROM BUS DRIVERS. COULDN'T DEY HV AMBUSHED THE WOMAN ON HER WAY TO AIRPORT THAT DAY IF THEY WERE TRULY INTELLIGENT? YET,DEY DECIDED TO GO TO HER HOUSE N BREAK THE GATE. LOOK AT ARMED BANDITS DESTROYING LIVES IN THE NORTH N NOBODY HAS PROSCRIBED THEM AS TERRORISTS. AS IF WHAT DEY ARE DOING IS NOT AN ACT OF TERROR. AND POLICE CANNOT GO AND ARREST DEM. YET, A DOZEN+ POLICE MEN WENT TO ARREST " A LADY" WHO WAS EVEN DUE TO LAND AT THE ABUJA AIRPORT N COULD'VE BEEN ARRESTED AT AIRPORT IF NEED BE. YET, D ONLY STRATEGY DEY HAD WAS TO SURROUND HER HOUSE AT 4AM. WHEN WILL UNIFORM OFFICIALS STOP DISPLAYING DIS LACK OF CRAFTSMANSHIP TO THE COMMON MAN AND DISPLAY IT TO BOKO HARAM BY CLEANING THEM UP AT 4AM. SOON DEY WILL GO TO THE HOUSE OF JUDGES AT 4AM CALLING IT STINK OPERATION. YET BOOK HARAM IS AT D NORTH EATING CHICKEN N DESTROY INNOCENT NIGERIANS.
OvemuRobinsonOdirioghene
07-18 23:57:50Your words against that of Governor Wike. If the arrest was a legal one, why storm her at that hour of the morning? After denying the fact that you were not aware of the operations of these police officers, you have now made a u turn to say the contrary. Nigeria has indeed become a caricature among the leagues of nations.