The
Hallow Chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly was on Monday 6th May, besieged
by armed thugs who according to the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Otelemaba
Amachree, was carried out under the command of the state Commissioner of Police,
Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu.
Issuing
a press statement, the Speaker said,
“We have severally alerted the state and
the world of the commencement of the planned gradual collapse of security and
democratic structures of our state and called for the transfer of the
Commissioner of Police Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu.
On May 6, 2013 our democracy suffered a
serious setback. Despite our earlier warning the Rivers State House of Assembly
complex which is directly adjacent the Police headquarters, Moscow Road
witnessed a violent and disruptive takeover by over 300 thugs under the
watchful eyes of Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, who shut the gates of the police
headquarters and made it impossible for a formal report to be lodged, while
police operatives working at the assembly complex were ordered to stay away,
while the siege lasted.
In recent past, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu had
ordered 250 policemen, accompanied by two armored personnel carriers to storm
Isale Oyo area of Oyo state and SEALED the palace of the ASHIPA of Oyo without
any court orders, embarrassing and infuriating the Inspector General Of Police,
Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar . Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu was hurriedly transferred to
Rivers State - a man with a track record of invading and desecrating
constituted authorities,” he said.