The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has cautioned River State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, from making “unfounded allegations” against him.

Daily Trust had reported how Fubara accused Egbetokun of working with his opponents, vowing to hold him accountable if there is break down of law and order in the state.

Fubara made the allegation after intervening in an incident at the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) office on Friday morning.

According to the governor, he prevented an alleged attempt by the police to remove materials meant for the upcoming local government elections.

Egbetokun, while reacting in a statement on Friday night by the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said it was shocking to see Fubara storm the RSIEC office.

PRESS RELEASE

RIVERS ELECTIONS: NPF ACTIONS IN CONFORMITY WITH SUBSISTING COURT ORDER, REMAINS POLITICALLY NEUTRAL

The Nigeria Police Force has noted with concern the recent statements made by the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, in which several unfounded allegations were leveled against the Office of the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force. In light of these claims, it has become necessary to set the record straight.

Firstly, it is important to clarify that there is a subsisting Federal High Court order barring the Nigeria Police Force from participating in the Rivers State elections. This order was duly served on both the NPF and the Rivers State Government. As a law-abiding institution, the IGP instructed the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State to strictly adhere to this court order by refraining from any direct involvement in the election process.

However, in the evening of 3rd October,2024, The commissioner of police Rivers State, received reports that policemen from Rivers State Government house have been deployed to the office of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RIEC) to aid the conduct of the election. This report was also relayed to the Inspector-General of Police who gave clearance to the Commissioner of Police to withdraw the policemen from the Government house and replace with policemen from the Command Operations department. The mandate of the men from the Operations Department, was to provide overnight security for the RIEC to prevent any attack on the facility.

It is also important to note that prior to this, there had been series of security breaches in the state following the spate of court orders and counter orders and reactions to them by supporters of the different political parties involved. The response of the Command to secure RIEC overnight was therefore professional and supported by the Inspector-General of Police. For emphasis sake, the policemen deployed to RIEC from the operations department of Rivers State Command on the night of 3rd October,2024 were with the sole mandate to protect the RIEC office from attack overnight. This action was proactive and responsive to intelligence at the disposal of the State Command.

It is therefore shocking to see the state governor storming the RIEC office at night, wrongly accusing the police on lawful duties, deriding the Police institution and using unprintable words to describe the Inspector-General of Police. The Nigeria Police takes exception to the unwarranted outburst of the Governor and particularly the weighty accusations which he falsely levied against the Inspector-General of Police and the entire Nigeria Police Force and advise caution and decency in the pursuit of individual political goals.

Threatening to shed blood and to burn down the State because of a Local Government election is not acceptable to us. The Nigeria Police Force is committed to protection of lives and properties and will work with other security agencies in Rivers State to ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order in the State. To this end, the Inspector-General of Police has ordered increased deployment into Rivers State to beef up security throughout the state. Citizens of Rivers state are advised to go about their lawful businesses.

ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, mnipr, mipra, fCAI,
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FOR: THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA.

4TH OCTOBER, 2024.

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This IGP is a fool, he must be mistaking River people as Yorubas, Election will hold tomorrow, nothing he can do about it, thunder scatter his anus only

Let there be peace

The IGP is a crooked cop

Toh

The IGP is only obeying the court orders

helinues:
Toh

The IGP is only obeying the court orders

He will only end up chopping beaten, no be yoruba man?

They should send that foolish IGP back to his useless state

Election will hold . We don't need police .

IGP stop lying. If you are saying the truth then what is this police van from Imo state doing in Rivers during the midnight?

So what Fubara is saying is true after all.
You have a court order that says police should not participate in the election which you claim to be obeying and at the same time you want to go and provide security to RIEC.
Is this not laughable

PaellaPaella:









He will only end up chopping beaten, no be yoruba man?

What radarada is this one talking about?

helinues:
Toh

The IGP is only obeying the court orders

Funny how you lots choose the court orders to obey

Tell the stupid IGP that Rivers isn't in South West where godfatherism is a norm

Wike should concentrate on his Abuja duty.. period

zombieHUNTER:


Funny how you lots choose the court orders to obey

Tell the stupid IGP that Rivers isn't in South West where godfatherism is a norm

Wike should concentrate on his Abuja duty.. period

Shebi... We've told them.. they think Rivers is lagos or any other cesspit in the south west where Godfatherism is the norm.

Come and stop elections if you have giant gonads between your legs... if you escape with your head still attached to your bodies then thank the good Lord.

FUBARA allowed himself to be fooled by paper weight politicians and people that saw him as clueless in governernce, the police should beat the governor if he attempt to be rascal

helinues:


What radarada is this one talking about?

Ejoor, ko oshi lo

Court says do not participate in the election...but you went ahead to provide security for the election materials...mumu

yyba:
FUBARA allowed himself to be fooled by paper weight politicians and people that saw him as clueless in governernce, the police should beat the governor if he attempt to be rascal

😂 😂... e be like this small 1.2 million barrels per day oil don dey turn una head.. make your idiotic police touch a hair on Fubaras body, if you see 100 barrels of crude oil from Rivers state, just know the deity you serve is strong.

Gallant IGP. if e didn't dey e didn't dey.

phantom:


😂 😂... e be like this small 1.2 million barrels per day oil don dey turn una head.. make your idiotic police touch a hair on Fubaras body, if you see 100 barrels of crude oil from Rivers state, just know the deity you serve is strong.

Tinubu is NOT Buhari. Odili will see jail so fast that his eyes will spin...touch Nigeria oil...disrupt its flow and we'll sell it 120 years into the future.... Forward contract

So you want to deploy police to RISIEC to replace the ones from government house and you decided to do it 1 am in the mid night.

Oga IG thunder fire you dia.

ddippset:
So you want to deploy police to RISIEC to replace the ones from government house and you decided to do it 1 am in the mid night.

Oga IG thunder fire you dia.

They can move at 3 AM.

Kewtt:

Tinubu is NOT Buhari. Odili will see jail so fast that his eyes will spin...touch Nigeria oil...disrupt its flow and we'll sell it 120 years into the future.... Forward contract

Chest beating is your people trade mark

Kewtt:

They can move at 3 AM.

Yes but south west precisely

Kewtt:

They can move at 3 AM.

But they say they will not be part of the election..

So why are they going to "protect" the place ?

Just local government elections is causing all this chaos

What a pity

PaellaPaella:
This IGP is a fool, he must be mistaking River people as Yorubas, Election will hold tomorrow, nothing he can do about it, thunder scatter his anus only

okay....but dont cry o.

Political inspector general of police. How can you claim to be providing security at the office of the very institution you said a court order directed you not to be a part of? You must be talking to fools.

This does not make sense
You don't want to be a part of a process but you want to guard the materials for the process

helinues:
Toh

The IGP is only obeying the court orders

I am ashamed of you. What it means henceforth is that I can get a court order that the police should not respond to any distress call in a particular community or even ask the police not to protect the president. We should not always behave like idiots all the time even if we possess the traits of one

helinues:
Toh

The IGP is only obeying the court orders

Obeying court order how?. Court order said the police should not participate. Why is same police interested in protecting materials for the process?. Surely they have another motive.