OsazuwaAkonedo Audio ~ We Had Court Order Not To Protect Lives, Properties During Rivers LGA Elections – IGP

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Speaker 1: Nigeria Inspector General of Police, Kyote and Metokun has said

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that the Nigeria Police Force was served with a court

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order not to provide security in this Saturday Rivers State

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local government elections, which apparently means the court ordered the

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police institution not to be allied to its constitutional and

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institutional responsibility of protecting lives and properties, most importantly during

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conflict of interest or dispute. The police was stated this

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in a press statement issued on Friday by the first

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public Relations Officer. Although we were adgerly in reaction to

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the statements of the River State Governor for Bara sivin Allowing,

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who had accused the IGP of trying to stop or

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disrupt the election. For Bara had early morning night on Friday,

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about one am storm the premises of Rivers State Independent

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Electoral Commission rsi EASY to ask the police team deployed

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to the facility by the IGP to leave. According to

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the IGP, he decided to withdraw the Rivers State Government

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House police operatives. The governor sent to protect the rsi

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C office with another set of policemen following intelligent reports

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as related to him by the Commissioner of Police in

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Rivers State that there was an attempt to attack the building.

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IGP eg Metoko said the allegations met against him by

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the Rivers State Governor was unfounded. The Nigeria Police Force

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has not end with consult the recent statements met by

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the Governor of Rivers State, his Excellency similarly Fubara, in

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which several unfounded allegations were leveled against the Office of

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the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force.

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In light of these claims, it has become necessary to

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set the record strait. First, it is important to clarify

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that there is a subsistent Federal High Court order barring

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the Nigerian Police Force from participating in the River State elections.

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This honor was duly served on both the NPF and

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the Rivers State Government. As a law abiding institution, the

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IGP instructed the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State to

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strictly adhere to this court order by refraining from any

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direct involvement in the election process. However, in the evening

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of the third of October twenty twenty four, the Commissioner

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of Police Rivers State received reports that policemen from River

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State Government House have been deployed to the office of

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River State Independent Electoral Commission rsi EASY to end the

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conduct of the election. This report was also related to

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the Inspector General of Police who gave clarence to the

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Commissioner of Police to withdraw the policemen from the Government

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House and replaced with policemen from the Command Operations Department.

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The mandate of the men from the Operations department was

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to provide overnight security for the RSIs to prevent any

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attack on the facility. It is also important to note

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that prior to this there have been a series of

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security breaches in the States following the spirits of court

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orders and counter orders and reactions to them by supporters

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of the different political parties involved. The response of the

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Command to secure RSIEC overnight was therefore professional and supported

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by the Inspector General of Police for Elphas’s sake. The

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policeman deployed to RSIEC from the Operations Department of River’s

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State Command on the night of the third of October

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twenty twenty four, wherewith the soul mandate to protect the

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rsi C office from attack overnight. This action was proactive

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and responsive to intelligence at the disposal of the state command.

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It is therefore shocking to see the state Governor’s tom

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in the rsi C office at night, wrongly accusing the

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police on lawful duties, the riding the police institution and

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using unprintable wants to describe the Inspector General of Police.

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The Nigeria Police takes exception to the unwarranted outburst of

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the governor and particularly the weighty accusations which he falsely

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levied against the Inspector General of Police and the entire

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Nigeria Police Force, and advised caution and decency in the

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pursuit of individual political goals. Threatening to shed blood and

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to burn down the state because of a local government

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election is not acceptable to us. The Nigeria Police Force

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is committed to protection of lives and properties and will

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work with other security agencies in Rivers State to ensure

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that there is no breakdown of law and order in

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the state. To this end, the Inspector General of Police

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has ordered increased deployment into Rivers State to be of

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security throughout the state. Citizens of Rivers State are advised

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to go about their lawful businesses. The IGP stated as

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content in the press statement. Governor for Barah had also

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accused the IGI of trying to block the election from holding,

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saying the relationship the IGP has with someone in the

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state has gone beyond professional. The person he called the

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referring apparently to the immediate past governor of the states

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who is currently the Nigerian Minister of Federal Capital Territory

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fct in Yesongwike, who appeared to have had issues with

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the governor. Shortly after the governor took over office. I

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can the press.

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Speaker 2: He came here a this more where we had gus.

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According to words they called himself police now committed to

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take over the premises of rest in the Government Commission.

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And I had to pull myself to find out why

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such happened. From what I heard that one the this

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operation brought them here and withdraw policemen that are ready

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here protected intacting this place so that new officers will

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take over the place. But I have to have to

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say this on a very strong word. We’ve been taking

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a nonsense from this institution. Everybody is aware of the

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judgments and even the judgment judgment as they call it

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the ruling. Did they ruling specify anywhere that the election

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should do hold he said, don’t give voter’s register. What

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are we doing with it? Okay, police dop provide security,

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doc prov security? Is this incepting as blocking the election?

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I don’t know what the relationship between inspirational and police

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and one one one one person will claim he has

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so much power this say and don’t know the relationship

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because it’s beginning to go beyond the normal professional relationship.

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I said. The governments wrote a letter with the judgments

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that we have to him. And what is acting on

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is what what is called the federal government. The judgment

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they got from the Federal High cod the first if

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it would even at that, if we should go by that,

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if the judgment in the Federal High Courd, did they

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say elections should be bad meaningful? That’s that justice that

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gave that that that that that for the judgment. Did

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they say no election? Rather the technically said don’t provide,

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don’t provide. We don’t need your we don’t need your security.

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We will provide our security. I’m telling you happened in

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that number. Go away with our security. But this election

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was whole. If you like whatever it is you want

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to do to it, the election will be declared. People

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with warning. I said, yeah, what kind of country is it?

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I want to come to this show? River said, you

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become different. You’re not a shame of your time. General Police,

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he’s enough enough, it’s enough. I will be here. If

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I go back and I hear anybody, I will come here.

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This is my property and you don’t have any power

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whatever find me from attorney. That’s right. That that’s that

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part of your history as a very weak and prodent

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he’s want to turn the police will include shooting from

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what I.

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Speaker 1: Think.

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Speaker 2: I think I’ve given you enough for ast me. Well,

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let me take to all the verse indigens, everyone resigning

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in university, and let’s show wood. Let show whoop anything

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that wants to happen. Let we don’t understand. Yeah, so

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everybody just relax. Nothing is happening. You know we I’m

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ready this. If this is, if we know that this

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is going to be the last fight, I will take

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you to the end.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. I know.

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Speaker 2: That you’re going to ready.

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Speaker 1: Breday you rene in the mortgage is somewhere