The Rivers state Police command has issued a statement denying reports that Former Governor of River State, Rotimi Amaechi was arrested on Wednesday by the new state commissioner of Police, Belel Usman.
A
report had gone viral alleging that Amaechi was arrested by Belel on
corruption charges. PoliticsNGR has been furnished with a statement
signed by the Nnamdi Omoni, the PRO of the River state Police Command
debunking the rumour.
“The attention of the Rivers State Police
Command has been drawn to an item of news making the rounds in the
Social Media, credited to AIT Nigeria News, on the purported arrest of
the Ex- Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Rt.
Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in his home by the Commissioner of Police,
Rivers State Police Command at the early hours of today 23/1/2019, on
the allegation of corruption, directed by the Inspector General of
Police.
It has become increasingly necessary at this stage to put
the records straight and state unequivocally as follows: That the
Ex-Governor of Rivers State and Hon. Minister of Transportation, RT Hon.
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi was never arrested by the Commissioner of
Police, Rivers State Command or any Security Agency for that matter, as
reported by the AIT medium.
That the general public is hereby
enjoined to disregard and discountenance the above news report as being
mischievous, ill-conceived, diversionary and only intended to undermine
the security situation in the State and harass the Nigeria Police Force
and the person of the Ex-Governor and Hon. Minister of Transportation.
The
Commissioner of Police wishes to assure the general public that there
is no cause for alarm, as the state is peaceful and all business
activities are going on peacefully. The Command under the watch of the
Commissioner of Police, CP Usman A. Belel is committed to ensuring that
the existing peace is sustained.”
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