The allegations came as the PDP in the state said the party was not
involved in the protest by youths in Omoku, headquarters of
Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state last Monday.
The APC in a statement issued yesterday on behalf of the state
Chairman, Dr. Davies Ikanya, by his Senior Special Aide on Media and
Public Affairs, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, said Ogunsakin had stabilised the
peace in the state after taking over from Mr. Joseph Mbu because he had
been professional in handling issues of security in the state.
The statement said: “We are reliably informed that arrangements have
been concluded by the presidency and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) to redeploy Ogunsakin barley three months after his transfer to
Rivers State just because he has refused to play their deadly politics
since he assumed office and instead demonstrated that he is a core
police officer.
“We will like to reiterate that we resist the transfer of Ogunsakin
through every legal
means available to us. We need peace in Rivers State
and the current Commissioner of Police has demonstrated that he is
thorough police officer and we are okay with his efforts to sustain the
peace in the state. We don’t need another CP Mbu, an obvious PDP member,
in Rivers State to take us back to the terrible route we only survived
by the grace of God.”
The party also commended Governor Chibuike Amaechi “on the extra mile
his administration has gone to drastically improve the security
situation in the state and congratulated him for winning the 2014 Best
Governor on Security in Nigeria Award by the organisers of the Nigeria
Security Profile Award (NISPA).
“This is an award well deserved considering Amaechi’s giant strides in the area of security,” the party said.
It recalled that as at the time Amaechi assumed office as governor in 2007, the state capital, Port Harcourt, was a war zone where only the fittest survived.
It recalled that as at the time Amaechi assumed office as governor in 2007, the state capital, Port Harcourt, was a war zone where only the fittest survived.
According to APC, “The Port Harcourt that Amaechi inherited was more
like a jungle where the fittest determined the fate of lesser animals.
The once glamorous city was ranked among the four most dangerous cities
in the world as at that time. The human resources unit of New York-based
Marsh & McLennan Cos. had ranked Port Harcourt with Baghdad,
Yemen’s capital of Sana’a and Khartoum in Sudan, as the world’s most
dangerous cities. Going by the ranking published by Bloomberg, Port
Harcourt ranked with Baghdad as one of the world’s most dangerous cities
for foreign workers as criminal gangs and militia groups seeking
greater control of energy revenue stepped up attacks.
“For Amaechi to have rescued Rivers State from the menace of militancy
demonstrates that he is a leader ahead of his peers, so NISPA is well
justified to bestow this award on a well deserved recipient.”
Meanwhile, the PDP has said neither the party, the Supervising Minister
of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, nor its state Chairman, Prince Felix
Obuah, has any hands in the recent protest by the Omoku youths against
the council Chairman of Ogba/Egebma/Ndoni Local Government Area, Austin
Ohiamadu.
The party, in a statement issued by Mr. Jerry Needam, Special Adviser,
Media to the state PDP Chairman, Obuah, said the allegation was
spurious, malicious, unfounded and baseless, stressing that Wike and
Obuah were too busy to have time for youth association politics.
The statement said Ohiamadu lacked the composure and self-respect to
exercise control over the people he claims to be their council chairman
only to be looking for who to blame for his ineffectiveness.
The PDP said if it was not Amaechi-led state government of which he is part of, that lifted the ban on the youth’s association which led to the subsequent election of the youth association officers.
The PDP said if it was not Amaechi-led state government of which he is part of, that lifted the ban on the youth’s association which led to the subsequent election of the youth association officers.
“At what point did the supervising minister of education and the PDP
state chairman come into the picture to warrant the council chairman’s
insults and wild allegations?” the party queried.
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