The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the police of playing double standard in sealing the 22 local government secretariats in River State where caretaker committees have been appointed.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike had replaced the council chairmen whose elections have been quashed by the court with caretaker committees on Thursday night.
But PDP in a statement Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh accused the police high command of partisanship in sealing off the council secretariat.
He described the action of the police as unconstitutional, reprehensible and abuse of power, by barring caretaker committees lawfully appointed by the state government from taking charge of the councils.
“It was curious that the police allowed the dissolution of local government councils and appointment of caretaker committees in APC controlled Plateau and Kaduna states, even when they were without the orders of the court but elected to clamp down on that of Rivers
State, which came as a result of judicial pronouncement,” the statement added.
According to the PDP, the 22 local government councils were dissolved by the court because they were unlawfully imposed by the immediate past administration in the state, and described the police action as and affront to the ruling of the court.
It therefore charged the Inspector General of Police to come out clean on the matter and assure the nation of the non-partisanship of the police by ordering the immediate unsealing of the councils.
The party said Nigerians and the international community should note the development, which “is a yet another clear indication that the Nigerian
police may have become a partisan and compromised instrument in the hands of the APC federal government to destabilize PDP controlled states, particularly Rivers State.”
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike had replaced the council chairmen whose elections have been quashed by the court with caretaker committees on Thursday night.
But PDP in a statement Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh accused the police high command of partisanship in sealing off the council secretariat.
He described the action of the police as unconstitutional, reprehensible and abuse of power, by barring caretaker committees lawfully appointed by the state government from taking charge of the councils.
“It was curious that the police allowed the dissolution of local government councils and appointment of caretaker committees in APC controlled Plateau and Kaduna states, even when they were without the orders of the court but elected to clamp down on that of Rivers
State, which came as a result of judicial pronouncement,” the statement added.
According to the PDP, the 22 local government councils were dissolved by the court because they were unlawfully imposed by the immediate past administration in the state, and described the police action as and affront to the ruling of the court.
It therefore charged the Inspector General of Police to come out clean on the matter and assure the nation of the non-partisanship of the police by ordering the immediate unsealing of the councils.
The party said Nigerians and the international community should note the development, which “is a yet another clear indication that the Nigerian
police may have become a partisan and compromised instrument in the hands of the APC federal government to destabilize PDP controlled states, particularly Rivers State.”
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