Rivers CP Warns Trouble-makers Amidst Council Chairmen’s Succession
…Vows to Protect Lives, Property
From ERIC MOORE, Port Harcourt
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, has declared his preparedness to protect lives and property in a bid to reassure members of the public of Police’s commitment to maintain law and order in the State.
Disu spoke to journalists at the Command’s Headquarters, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, on Monday, warning trouble-makers to shun any planned violence emphasizing that anyone found doing so would face the full wrath of the law.
He appealed to parents to caution their children against getting involved in the crisis, warning that they should not be used as “cannon fodder.”
The Police boss vowed to protect all government property and human lives in the community, ensuring a safe and secure environment for all.
He said: “My job as a police policeman is to protect lives and property. And that is what we have gone out to do since morning.
“We are aware of the crisis that has to do with the tenure of the Local Government chairmen and we have gotten one court order or the other, and the Court of Appeal has given an order for everybody to exercise restraints till the 20th of this month (June), just three days.
“So we expect everybody to respect it and not take laws into their hands and allow peace to continue as it is.”
The State Commissioner of Police assured that his officers were working around the clock to safeguard the property and lives of residents of the State.
He continued: “Sincerely, you know our officers have been out for the past three days.
“I just finished addressing them and I thank them for the good job they have done; and because they have been out since 4am, and they just came back, we are not taking it lightly, we are ready to go.
“Our officers have been on a show of force and we have had additional men given to us from the Headquarters, the equipment has been serviced and we are ready to go.
“This is just to assure members of the public that so far as we are concerned, we are ready to do our jobs of protecting lives and property.
“We have warned anybody who would want to take laws into their hands. I want to use this opportunity to talk to parents to call their children to order and talk to them so that their children will not be used as cannon folds in this crisis.
“Everything that has to do with government property and every human being in this community would be protected.”