Amaechi inaugurates 9-Man Commission of Inquiry into politically motivated killings in Rivers State

Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has inaugurated a 9-man commission of inquiry to commence investigations into the Politically Motivated Killings in Rivers State.

Members of the commission include; Professor Chidi Odin-Kalu as chairman, Sir Samuel Egbe secretary and Professor Nlerum Okogbule. Others are; Professor Owunari A. Georgewill, Dr. Richard Ofuru, Mrs. Asivosuo M. Oriye, Dr. Joy Ejiofor, Mrs. Ayo M. O. Obe, and Rev. Father Michael Akiri as members.

Speaking Thursday during the inauguration at Government House, Port Harcourt, Amaechi congratulated the members of the commission and said the fact-finding exercise will last for 30 days.

He explained that the reason for setting up the commission was to investigate why the victims were killed, who killed them, under what circumstances; and for the commission to make useful recommendations that will help government forestall future occurrences.

“I visited Obirikom in the Ogba-Egbeme-Ndoni local government area, in the household of one late chief Christopher Adube, where 9 persons were killed by assassins. Those killed were his 3 children, his younger brother, two gatemen, and two other persons, while two of the late Chief Adube’s children are still receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital. There was a day I was arguing with the commissioner of Police in Rivers State now posted to Enugu and I said, ‘commissioner, I am told 11 persons have been killed,’ he said, ‘no, only 7 persons.’ Again, in the same Omoku, whether it is 7 or 11 persons, these are human lives.

“At Okrika, when APC went on campaign, where the guber candidate of APC was seated, he would have been hit by a bullet, but God saved him, he had left that place earlier the first day APC went for campaigns in Okirika, and the police were present.

“The day I was driving to my village on March 28 for the Presidential election, I saw a corpse at the median of the road, I called the Commissioner of Police, ‘Mr. Karma, I have seen a corpse here, please, look for a way to take away the corpse and find out who did this,’ but, he did not. Whether the corpse is still there or not, I have no idea. When I got to the village called Omuanwa, on that election day, young boys were shooting sporadically at innocent people and when they saw us, they ran into the bush. Then I came down and met somebody they had shot that was severely injured, we had to put him in a vehicle and rush him to the hospital”, Amaechi said.

Governor Amaechi maintained that those behind the killings were allowed to carry out the mayhem because of the existence of impunity in the state, and called on the commission to recommend appropriate punishment for the offenders.

“The reasons why the killings happened was because of impunity in the state. Total impunity. I believe as a Governor, if you don’t punish those who break the law, then human beings will no longer be protected. People were not allowed to carry out their civic obligation and responsibilities, just because they are desperate to take over power.

“There will be threats, but your duty as a commission is to overcome these threats. First, you must be under the custody of the state and we will inform the commissioner of Police to provide adequate security for them to discharge their duties uninterrupted”, Amaechi noted.

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Sore loser, how about you give it up . This witch haunting jamboree will fail .

Imagine a seating governor publicist announcing that there is impunity in a state under his watch. Your tenor ends in 45 days and is commission has 30 days to do its job. That lives you with 15 days. Hehehe , others are preparing their hand over note and putting finishing touch to their work , you are setting up a commission ,live that for the incoming government. Finishing touches and hand over is what we want to be hearing from now on Biko

aguiyi:
[s]Sore loser, how about you give it up . This witch haunting jamboree will fail .

Imagine a seating governor publicist announcing that there is impunity in a state under his watch. Your tenor ends in 45 days and is commission has 30 days to do its job. That lives you with 15 days. Hehehe , others are preparing their hand over note and putting finishing touch to their work , you are setting up a commission ,live that for the incoming government. Finishing touches and hand over is what we want to be hearing from now on Biko[/s]

You and the murderer Wike Must Cry!!! You are laughing sheepishly because none of your siblings was a victim! Your mumuish laughter will soon turn to tears of agony!!

aguiyi:
Sore loser, how about you give it up . This witch haunting jamboree will fail .

Imagine a seating governor publicist announcing that there is impunity in a state under his watch. Your tenor ends in 45 days and is commission has 30 days to do its job. That lives you with 15 days. Hehehe , others are preparing their hand over note and putting finishing touch to their work , you are setting up a commission ,live that for the incoming government. Finishing touches and hand over is what we want to be hearing from now on Biko

The way you will die will be more than immolation. Your death will be unprecedented.

Clerverly:


You and the murderer Wike Must Cry!!! You are laughing sheepishly because none of your siblings was a victim! Your mumuish laughter will soon turn to tears of agony!!

You see, you guys have already concluded it's Wike. So why set up a commission of inquiry? You guys should just arrest Wike and jail him then. Biased set of people!

ShowYourCertificate:
You see, you guys have already concluded it's Wike. So why set up a commission of inquiry? You guys should just arrest Wike and jail him then. Biased set of people!

He is presumed innocent, until the court/panel of inquiring pronounces him guilty!

We are entering the era of Rule Of Law, bye bye to impunity!

Hahahaahah Amaechi is yet to get the message. His yeye commission can go ahead to indict whoever ther like and issue white paper on it. The ko-ko is that it will be thrown into the thrash can along with everything "Amaechi". As long as Rivers and Eastern region are concerned, Amaechi is a good riddance. Come may 29, we shall bid him "farewell".

barcanista:
Hahahaahah Amaechi is yet to get the message. His yeye commission can go ahead to indict whoever ther like and issue white paper on it. The ko-ko is that it will be thrown into the thrash can along with everything "Amaechi". As long as Rivers and Eastern region are concerned, Amaechi is a good riddance. Come may 29, we shall bid him "farewell".

Talking nonsense as usual,It is better for Amaechi to be relevant in a total NIGERIA than for him to only be restricted to only your so called eastern region!!!your empty head might think that amaechi look irrelevant to your so called rivers and eastern region but now that amaechi is going to be part of the buhari's regime that will be the leader of the country and that will make him relevant to NIGERIA!!!or is the eastern region and rivers state bigger than NIGERIA??

Clerverly:


He is presumed innocent, until the court/panel of inquiring pronounces him guilty!

We are entering the era of Rule Of Law, bye bye to impunity!

Then why are you saying Wike must cry when the courts haven't pronounced him guilty? Hypocrite.