The Police Service Commission (PSC),
has ordered immediate investigation of the Rivers State Commissioner (CP), Mr. Mbu
Joseph Mbu, in the ongoing crisis in Rivers State.
The Police Service Commission’s
chairman, Mike Okiro, revealed this yesterday at the President Good luck
Jonathan’s commissioning of the ‘Goodluck
Jonathan Housing Estate,’ Pipeline Road, Idimu, Lagos State.
According to Okiro, if Mbu is found
wanting, he would be dealt with accordingly.
His words: “It is simple! The Governor
has written me. He made far reaching accusations and allegations against the
commissioner of police. And human right dictates that if there is any
accusation against any party, you must hear from that other party. That’s what
the law says.
“So I have passed that information to
the IG to investigate the CP Rivers. If the commissioner of police is found
wanting, if he had gone against the ethic of the police, he would be dealt with
accordingly. Before we do that, we want to make sure; he is given a fair
hearing, which is what we’re doing now.”
The Minister for Police Affairs, Navy
Captain Caleb Olubolade(Rtd), said, people should allow police to do their work
with respect to the crisis in Rivers State.
He added: “The police will
investigate situations that occurred. The police have their modus operandi. Incidentally,
the police service commission’s chairman is here with me. He was once an
inspector general of police. They know the rules. We’ll not really interfere with
how the services run because they have their guide lines which they follow. If they
find the Rivers CP not to have met the standard, they’ll know what to do. But the
public should not be worried about that because that’s an internal matter for
the police and we should allow them to preside over their internal matters.
“The discipline must be maintained. The
decorum, the way the police carry out their duty must be maintained. We should
leave it to them, so that they can serve us better as a people.”
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