However, the House has directed its committee on Police Affairs and Justice to liaise with the office of the Inspector General of Police,the Police Service Commission and the Rivers State Government and fashion out ways of improving the working relationship between the Rivers Police Command and the Rivers State
government and report back to the House within one week.
The House resolution was sequel to a motion of urgent national importance, moved by Honourable Peter Edeh, entitled, “need to avert descent into anarchy in Rivers State.”
Leading debate on the motion, Honourable Edeh noted that Rivers State is one of the foremost oil producing states and that “a breakdown of law and order in the state could have severe negative consequences for the socio-economic stability of the nation.
According to him, “in recent times, various national dailies as well as other print and electronic media have consistently reported a breakdown in the working relationship between the governor and the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State.”
To this end, he expressed worry that “the situation has so deteriorated to the level of the governor accusing the Commissioner of Police of deliberately undermining the security of lives and property of the people of Rivers State while the Police Commissioner accused the governor of being a power hungry, tyrant and dictator, statements which confirm that their working relationship has broken down irretrievably.”
He then maintained that, the existing situation in Rivers State was not only untenable, but constitutes a grave danger to peace, security and orderliness in Rivers State and if left unchecked, would not only constitute a bad precedence but could lead to a total breakdown of law and order and threaten democratic institutions in the state and beyond. Source: Tribune
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