Amaechi Accuses CP Of Leaking Security Information

Rivers State Governor and factional Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has accused the Commissioner of Police, River State Command Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu of leaking issues discussed at the State Security Council meetings to top officials ofthe Federal Government in Abuja.
This was just as the governor said that only undemocratic forces recognised Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang as the chairman of the NGF. He also pointed out that the turn-out at the meeting chaired by Jang last Monday was an indicationthat he did not win the election. Amaechi spoke Tuesday night at Government House, Port Harcourt when Prof Tam David-West led a delegation to pay him a solidarity visit.
He said that the action of Mbu forced the Security Council made up of service commanders of the Police, State Security Service, the Army, the Navy, the Air-force and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to suspendits meetings indefinitely.
The governor said, “Prof, let me mention to you some of the challenges we are facing in Rivers State now. I will give you snippets of the letter I am trying to send to the President. Somebody at the topchanged our Commissioner of Police and brought a man that when we finish Security Council meeting, he goes to report who said what, and we are unable to hold any Security Council meeting anymore because of that.
“Prof, insecurity is threatening to come back, kidnapping is on the rise, and armed robbery is on the rise because they have hijacked the security of the state. The Commissioner of Police reports to them in Abuja directly. He doesn’t report to the governor, he has nothing to do with the government;he takes away security men from Commissioners and post security men to the Chairman of Port Harcourt Club. Port Harcourt Club is a social gathering, it is somewhere behind us here.”