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<v Speaker 1>Nigeria Inspector General of Police Kayone and Metokun has given

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<v Speaker 1>more explanations as it concerns Nigeria Police in the last

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday local government area elections in Rivers State send the

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<v Speaker 1>violence directed in the states after the declaration of the

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<v Speaker 1>council poll results in which Rivers State Governor similar Laifubara

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<v Speaker 1>has set up a several man judiciary Panel of Inquiry

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<v Speaker 1>to investigate the assen and reported killings in some local

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<v Speaker 1>government areas of the state. It would be recalled that

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<v Speaker 1>several local government secretariats in the state were attacked on

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<v Speaker 1>Monday and some persons killed as the newly elected local

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<v Speaker 1>government officials attempted to access their offices. Reports indicated that

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<v Speaker 1>most of the elected council chairmen and once councilors have

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<v Speaker 1>resumed their offices after the post election violence in the state.

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<v Speaker 1>In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary to the State Government, Doctor Tami Danagugu, indicated that

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<v Speaker 1>the inn duration of the panel was held at four

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<v Speaker 1>pm at Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The statements

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<v Speaker 1>listed Honorable Justice I Army in Acarius as Chairman of

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<v Speaker 1>the committee with Barrista Felicia in Wokee, Professor of Blessindedia,

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<v Speaker 1>Sir samuel A Bay and Venderable alex Ensifor as numbers one,

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<v Speaker 1>misses in Indie Brown and Barrista also Ikega will serve

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<v Speaker 1>as Secretary and Council to the Panel respectively. The statement

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<v Speaker 1>raid in part pursuance to Section two one of the

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<v Speaker 1>Commissions of Inquiring Law Cap. Thirty Lots of Rivers State

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<v Speaker 1>of Nigeria, nineteen ninety nine, His Excellency Sir Seminalarifubara, GSSRS,

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<v Speaker 1>Governor of Rivers State, has approved the setting up of

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<v Speaker 1>a judicial Commission of Inquiry into the assent killings and

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<v Speaker 1>wanton destruction of property at some local government Council headquarters

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<v Speaker 1>which occurred on all about Monday October seven, twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Members of the Commission will be sworn in today Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>October at twenty twenty four at the Executive Council Chambers,

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<v Speaker 1>Government House, Port Harcourt at four pm. They are to

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<v Speaker 1>be seated by three thirty pm. Nigeria Inspector General of Police,

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<v Speaker 1>Kayode eg Metokol, in a statement signed and made available

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<v Speaker 1>by the first Spokesperson although we were at the JERBI

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<v Speaker 1>reiterated that the police acted in line with curt order

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<v Speaker 1>and was not partisan during the council elections. The statement

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<v Speaker 1>rates in response to the misinformation circulating in the media's

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<v Speaker 1>place with regards to the actions of the Nigeria Police

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<v Speaker 1>Force in the River State political arena, particularly regarding the

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<v Speaker 1>just concluded River State Local Government LG elections. The Force

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<v Speaker 1>wishes to demand the prevalent forcehood of partisanship and reaffirms

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<v Speaker 1>its neutrality and non interference in political affairs within the

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<v Speaker 1>state and the country in general. As the NPF only

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<v Speaker 1>acted inligned with an existing court judgment of the Federal

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<v Speaker 1>High Court. First, the Nigeria Police Force was served with

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<v Speaker 1>an order of injunction by the Federal High Court med

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<v Speaker 1>on the nineteenth of July twenty twenty four, barring the

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<v Speaker 1>police from participating in the local government election doing its unlawful. Secondly,

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<v Speaker 1>the River State High Court issued a counter order on

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth of September twenty twenty four directed the Nigeria

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<v Speaker 1>Police Force and other federal security agencies to provide security

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<v Speaker 1>at the local government elections. It should be noted that

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<v Speaker 1>the NPF was not joined as a party in the

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<v Speaker 1>suit and toddly the Federal High Court that guilt the

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<v Speaker 1>area in junction. The rivered judgment on the thirtieth of

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<v Speaker 1>September twenty twenty four nullifying all previous activities so far

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<v Speaker 1>carried in respect of the LG election and ordered the

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<v Speaker 1>police to stay away from any attempt to provide security

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<v Speaker 1>during the said election. All dan's orders and counter orders

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<v Speaker 1>were served on the police. The IGP, being a thoroughbred

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<v Speaker 1>committed to operating within the legal framework, forwarded the three

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<v Speaker 1>court orders to the First Legal Section four advice for

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<v Speaker 1>the information of members of the public. The first Legal

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<v Speaker 1>Section boasts of sound and experienced lawyers who have distinguished

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<v Speaker 1>themselves in the legal profession, including a Senior Advocate of

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<v Speaker 1>Nigeria SAM. Based on the legal advice received from the

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<v Speaker 1>First Legal Office, the IGP ordered the Rivers s tenth

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<v Speaker 1>Police Command to abide by the ruling of the Federal

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<v Speaker 1>High Court and also communicated the same to the Governor

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<v Speaker 1>of Rivers Stent via a letter with reference number c

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<v Speaker 1>H three Thy five hundred and fourteen IGP sec abj

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<v Speaker 1>v L thirty eight, two hundred sixtieth. Later, the second

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<v Speaker 1>of October twenty twenty four, where the IGP advised the

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<v Speaker 1>Governor to also abide by the court ruling in the

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<v Speaker 1>intern of peace and well Being of the people of

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<v Speaker 1>Rivers State. The misinformation triggered by the unwarranted outmost of

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<v Speaker 1>the Executive Governor of Rivers State based on non material

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<v Speaker 1>fact was totally uncalled for and refer to the law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement institutions in Nigeria, most especially his verbal attack on

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<v Speaker 1>the person and office of the Inspector General of Police.

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<v Speaker 1>For the avoidance of doubts, the general public is free

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<v Speaker 1>to profile the career journey of the Inspector General of

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<v Speaker 1>Police and his track record in every place he has served,

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<v Speaker 1>which undoubtedly show him as a man of honor, integrity

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<v Speaker 1>and focus. Before and after his assumption of office as

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty second Indigenous Inspector General of Police of Nigeria.

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<v Speaker 1>The IGP is very well respected in the Association of

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<v Speaker 1>Chiefs of Police worldwide, particularly in Africa, where he is

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<v Speaker 1>currently servant as the Chairman of the West African Police

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<v Speaker 1>Chiefs Committee the WAP and providing meritorious leadership within the

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<v Speaker 1>West African Chiefs of Police. We have sent Chiefs of

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<v Speaker 1>Police from across the world coming to attend his events

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<v Speaker 1>in Nigeria and extended several invitations to him. For the

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<v Speaker 1>first time, the President of Interval was at the opening

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<v Speaker 1>ceremony of the Nigeria Police Conference and Retreat in Owari

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<v Speaker 1>last year. Under this IGP, let us please observe some

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<v Speaker 1>decorum in our politics in Nigeria. It is also instructive

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<v Speaker 1>to note that the NPF does not intend to engage

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<v Speaker 1>in any form of media tussle or war with the

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<v Speaker 1>person of the Executive Governor of Rivers State, his administration

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<v Speaker 1>or his political affiliations, but will continue to play its

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<v Speaker 1>role as a neutral body in all forms of political

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<v Speaker 1>activities undistracted. Similarly so far as to say that the

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<v Speaker 1>local government elections were generally peaceful nationwide, especially instances where

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<v Speaker 1>the police were in charge of the sector. In the

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<v Speaker 1>same ven, the Inspector General of Police IGP Coyote a

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<v Speaker 1>metocun PhD NPM directed the immediate onsling of all local

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<v Speaker 1>Government Council secretariats in Rivers State which were previously sealed

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<v Speaker 1>when violence directed in the state over who controlled the

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<v Speaker 1>local government secretariat between elected chairmen whose tenue expired and

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<v Speaker 1>caretical Committee inaugurated by the state government, which matter was

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<v Speaker 1>pending in court. The on selling yesterday the sixth of

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<v Speaker 1>October twenty four after the police received the report that

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<v Speaker 1>elected chairmen has been sworn in by the state government.

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<v Speaker 1>The decision to unsell the local government secretariats was informed

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<v Speaker 1>by the need to maintain neutrality in the political development

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<v Speaker 1>in the states and allow smooth functioning of democratic institutions

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<v Speaker 1>in the state. The IGP, however, condemns the spirit of

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<v Speaker 1>violent confrontations and attacks at some local government secretariats leading

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<v Speaker 1>into destruction of government facilities in the state immediately after

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<v Speaker 1>the onseling of the secretariats. He has promptly tasked the

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<v Speaker 1>State Commissioner of Police to rise up to the occasion

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<v Speaker 1>and restore law and order in the state. The IGP

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<v Speaker 1>emphasizes the fossils commitment to maintaining law and order, of

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<v Speaker 1>holding democratic principles and fostering peace, unity and progress across

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<v Speaker 1>the nation. Sasuade Greeny Renee in a more digital me