- By Halimah Olamide
The Rivers state command of the Nigerian Police on Sunday dissociated itself from a statement which indicated that the Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, has threatened to impound power bikes in the escort of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike anytime he uses it.
The comment was first credited to Disu in an X post on Friday. In the post by one Anucha Brain Rotimi, he had initially queried the right of the Minister breezing into the state capital with a long convoy that has power bikes in it. “What does the law say about this.
Can a state have two governors at the same time?
Is
@GovWike
a Governor or Minister” Attached to his post was a video clip of the convoy of the governor when he visited the state. He had followed up his tweet with a statement which he attributed to the Commissioner for Police in the state. In his follow up tweet, he had posted “Breaking News………
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“As Minister you are not allowed to use Power byke, if you use it again in the State, it will be seized…”
Rivers Commissioner of Police to
@GovWike” However, in refuting the alleged threat on Sunday, the command said the commissioner of police has not made statement of such warning individuals to refrain from spreading falsehood.
The command had said, “The Command wish to inform the Public about a post on X app posted by
@brain_anucha the Commissioner of Police Rivers State Command, Cp Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc, has not made any comments regarding the issue. Let us refrain from disseminating false information, please,”
A look at the profile of Anucha shows he is a loyalist of the former Governor of the state and immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. He is believed to also be in support of the current governor, Sim Fubara.
NPO Reports that Fubara and Wike are locked in battle of supremacy over the control of the state. Fubara succeeded Wike as Governor last year but the relationship between the two have gone sour over the control of government machinery in the state.
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