APC Tasks New Police Commissioner over Murder
Rivers APC Tasks New Police Commissioner over Murder of
Amaechi’s Cousin
The Rivers State Chapter of All
Progressives Congress, APC has described as sad the news of
the callous murder of Mr. Sabinus Ordu, cousin of Rivers
State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, in his
hometown, Ubima in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the
State, on Monday, September 8, came to us as a most shocking
tragedy. The way and manner in which his body was mutilated
was most brutal, inhuman and condemnable.
APC
questioned what could be the reason or reasons why Mr. Ordu
was killed in such a horrendous manner?
Whatever it is,
it is not acceptable to us as a peace-loving party. If the
reason why he was subjected to this most inhuman death is
the fact that he was related to Governor Amaechi, then we
can only tremble as to what those behind this dastardly
crime are planning as we enter the crucial election year
2015.
“As Vice Principal of Community Secondary School,
Aluu, also in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State,
and a humble hunter, Mr. Ordu was a peace-loving man who had
no political ambition and did not engage in shady business
dealings. He could, therefore, not have stepped on any toes
so as to warrant such a gruesome death”, the party said in
a statement today.
The rest of the statement
read:
“While still grieving over the needless wasting
of Mr. Ordu, we have also learnt of the assassination
attempt on the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson
Parker, by some hoodlums during the sanitation exercise for
the prevention of Ebola virus embarked upon by the Ministry
of Health. These are ominous signs as we approach the very
crucial elections that will finally nail the coffin of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a political party in
Rivers State considering the shame and hardship the party
has brought upon the people of the State.
“It is a pity that all these are happening when a new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dan Bature, is yet to settle down in the State. We urge him, knowing his background as a thoroughbred police officer, not to relent until those behind these evils in our State are fished out and punished accordingly.
“As we plead for calm, we wish to, at the same time, advise those trying to make Rivers State insecure and ungovernable to have a change of heart. We wish to warn such misguided elements that any attempt to return the State to the evil days prior to the coming of Governor Amaechi, who swiftly restored normalcy upon his assumption of office in 2007, will be an exercise in futility as Rivers State people are in a position to ensure that those associated with violence do not come near power again in the State.
“Finally, we congratulate the out-going Rivers State Police Commissioner, Tunde Ogunsakin, upon his promotion to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). He obviously merits his new rank based on the fact that he had discharged his duties as a professional police officer since he assumed office on February 12, 2014 in Rivers State – unlike his predecessor, Mr. Joseph Mbu, who does not merit such a promotion based on his unprofessional acts as a police officer. We wish AIG Ogunsakin better days in the Nigeria Police Force even as we wholeheartedly welcome ComPol Bature to our State and wish him a successful reign as Police Commissioner”.
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