JUST IN: IGP orders withdrawal of officers deployed to seal Rivers LGA HQs
The IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police personnel previously deployed to seal off the 23 local government areas of Rivers State
The secretariat were sealed in June following the disagreement between the Caretaker Committee Chairmen loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara & the immediate past local government chairmen who were loyalists of Nyesom Wike
This directive was announced on Monday in a statement by Grace Iringe-Koko, the PRO of the Rivers State Command
According to the statement, the order follows recent political developments in Rivers State. “The newly deployed State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, conveyed the directives of IGP Kayode Egbetokun for the immediate withdrawal of all police personnel previously deployed to seal & safeguard the Local Government Secretariats in the state.”
The statement emphasized that the decision “is in line with the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure neutrality & the smooth functioning of democratic institutions.”
