Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu in a statement last night, explained his own side of the story in the ongoing political crisis which led to a free for all fight yesterday at the State House of Assembly.
His statement: “Yesterday (Monday), in the evening, I received a letter from the Clerk of House of Assembly through the House Leader, Hon: Lloyd Chidi, requesting for police security as the House wanted to resume sitting. I was nonchalant about it because it is unusual for the House to request for police when sitting. Moreover, there is a police station with men attached to the House of Assembly.
“Later at about 2100hrs of the same yesterday, the Brigade Commander wrote to me, requesting me to please provide police personnel to the House of Assembly. He attached a letter written to him by the same House of Assembly Clerk requesting for the presence of the Army in today’s sitting. It was there and then I called the Commander of Mopol 19 CSP Braide to send half a unit to the House of Assembly this morning,
On my way to the office, I saw the mobile police personnel and a detachment of C41, Civil Defence with sniffer dogs checking persons going in and out of the Assembly.
“I then sent Deputy CP in-charge of Operations and the Assistant CP Operations to go there.
“The next thing I saw was a call from the governor that he was going to the House of Assembly, that his members were not safe. I saw his convoy through my office window going into the House of Assembly. I was told he was in the chamber where there was fighting, with all his aides.”
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