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Tuesday 16 July 2013

West Brom Albion Drops Osaze

West From has dropped out of favour, Nigerian striker Peter Osage from their pre season tour. Read more at mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/sports/west-brom-drop-osaze/

Rivers Saga: Four Northern Govs Calls For CP Mbu's Removal

Rivers Crisis: Four northern govs
call for Mbu’s removal
on July 16, 2013 at 8:02 pm in News
Four Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP,
Governors from the Northern part of the
country, Tuesday, paid a solidarity visit to
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
The quartet of Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of
Niger, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Rabi’u Musa
Kwankwaso of Kano and Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa states, arrived the Port
Harcourt International Airport  Tuesday
afternoon amid protests .
In a joint statement, which was made
available to Vanguard, the governors said
they were in the Rivers State
Government House to visit the governor,
whom they described as “our brother and
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’
Forum” and to ascertain for themselves
some of the things they had been reading
in the media lately.
Although the governors expressed
satisfaction with the peaceful atmosphere
in the state despite the political
developments there, they said they were
shocked over the role being played by the
Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr.
Mbu Joseph Mbu.
The governors said, “We acknowledge the
great work Governor Amaechi and his
team are doing in Rivers State and
commend his maturity and calm even in
the face of apparent persecution….
“As Chief Executives of our states who
have sworn to protect lives and property
in our various states, we are particularly
troubled by the development in Rivers
State.
Govs. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger,
Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Rabi’u Musa
Kwankwaso of Kano and Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa states, Tuesday in Port
Harcourt.
“We commend the House of
Representatives for its proactive
leadership in the crisis and appreciate the
Senate committee’s thoroughness in
addressing the matter.
“We wish to call on the Inspector General
of police to hearken to the voice of
reason and immediately redeploy and
discipline Commissioner Mbu. His actions
smirk of unprofessionalism and political
partisanship, which is unbecoming of his
office.
“With the way the police is being used
and abused and with officers like Mbu in
the force, we do not see the need for
state governments to fund an antagonistic
police and may be forced to reconsider
our position on the financial contribution
of the states towards the funding of the
Nigeria Police.
“Arising from the actions of the police and
Mr. Joseph Mbu in Rivers State, the call
for state police as a constitutional
provision has become a necessity.
“We note that events in Rivers State have
again brought to the fore the question of
true federalism and the need for
institutions derived from constitutions be
allowed to function without undue
interference.
“As federating units we must be allowed
the space to guarantee our people
sustainable development as provided by
the constitution.

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