Commissioner of Police in RIvers State, Joseph Mbu
Speaking one day after the police dispersed a rally in Rivers State by allegedly using tear gas and shooting rubber bullets, Commissioner of Police in the State, Joseph Mbu says Governor Rotimi Amaechi has never liked him.
Governor Rotimi Amaechi has previously accused Mr. Mbu of “acting out a script from Abuja.” However, Mr. Mbu dismissed the claim, explaining that the Governor resented him right from the very day he was posted to the State.
“Right from the day I was posted to Rivers State, Governor Rotimi Amaechi has never liked me. The first thing he had in mind was to say I was sent here to come and fight him. He wants to pocket every commissioner of police and he cannot pocket me. I have to do my job the way I should do it,” Mr Mbu maintained.
He alleged that the governor had told him that when instructions were given from Abuja, the state government had the right to adjust the instructions to suit Rivers State.
“I told him it was not possible and that I will not take directives from Abuja and then change the policies of the police. The IG has his men on the ground and he has informants and they will know what is happening,” he said.
The Police Commissioner stated he “stopped the abuse of policemen” as soon as he came to Rivers State.
“Each of the civil commissioners in this state was having four anti-terrorist policemen attached to him and that was wrong,” Mr Mbu stated.
Mr. Mbu accused the media of being biased in their way of presenting issues involving the police in Rivers State.
So it is ur right to violently disperse a peaceful rally on the order who IGP or Jonathans?
@Edwin Owo, in case u don’t know, nothing about APC is peaceful. Everything about APC is violence, and as such we the patriotic Nigerians we do eveythg and that include disrupting any unlawful gathering as in the case of this “I must rule” expired looters.
@Edwin Owo, in case u don’t know, nothing about APC is peaceful. Everything about APC is violence, and as such we the patriotic Nigerians we do eveythg and that include disrupting any unlawful gathering, to stop them from inheriting Aso Rock.
Please mr Mbu try and respect a sitting governor. Am not from River state but I have been watching what was going on in river state for some time now. We are Christians,we don’t supposed to fight ourselves.
Nice JOB mr mbu,we d people of Rivstate apeal 2 u mr mbu 2 help us in any which way, kill dat maduguri terror party called APC. We don’t want it in Rivstate. Amaechi should go 2 hell, tinubu should mind his lagos state not rivers. #smellos
Mr or chief Emeka Ogbuofi, Mbu. j .Mbu is a proffessional policeman and knows his job very well. Who is a sitting governor ? , a man that does not respect elders ?. Look, APC are bunch of expire looters and nothing more. No peace for trouble makers. Rivers state is PDP and will remain PDP by God ‘s grace come 2015 election.
Okeips you a stupid and very stupid idiot,useless vampire,what did you know? You are an animal