Rivers State governor and chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed worry over the rising cases of kidnapping and other criminal acts in the state.
The governor traced the rise in criminality in the state to the resumption of Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu as the state commissioner of police, and when those opposed to his government organised former militants to protest against him on the streets of Port Harcourt.
Amaechi spoke yesterday while performing the groundbreaking ceremony of an ultra-modern secretariat building of the Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Port Harcourt.
He said, “This state was very quiet and calm until they removed the commissioner of police and brought Mbu Joseph Mbu. Not only did they bring Mbu, they also brought criminals back to the streets; they bought them T-shirts to demonstrate, but they forgot that once you bring them out, you can’t send them back, unless you have a very strong commissioner of police who can send them back.
“Since they did that, we have been suffering from kidnappings. As I am talking to you now, nobody can give account of where Akas Baba (kidnapped journalist) is. I have called for an emergency security council meeting so that we can discuss that.”
The governor, who said he is the safest individual in the state, called on journalists in the state to join in the fight to eradicate kidnapping and other criminal acts in the state, rather than supporting people who are backing the criminals.
Amaechi said, “The same journalists that are seated here, who are my friends, are not writing about these and how to send the criminals back. (0)
Amaechi worry over rising kidnapping in Rivers State
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