Alleged Police Harassment Of Supporters Worries Amaechi

[Shola Sholaz]

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, has expressed worries with the alleged harassment, yesterday by the Police of some Rivers citizens, who were on their way to pay him a solidarity visit.
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The governor at Government House, Port Harcourt, when he received the people on solidarity visit from Orashi region, said some persons had reduced Rivers State to a Police state.
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He said he will continue to fight for the rights of the people of the state, adding that he would soon lead hundreds of Rivers people on a street protest, to challenge the recent ban of such action by the state Police Commissioner.
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According to him, protest is part of the fundamental human rights of Nigerians, enshrined in the constitution, hence it cannot be outlawed by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Joseph Mbu.

[Folami David]

Police harrassment is not something that should even happen in the first place because that is not what they were employed to do.