Thursday, 6 February 2014
The much sort for removal of the commissioner of police in Rivers state has finally been heeded as the Police Service Commission has transferred the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mbu, to Abuja as the new Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police.
Also, the Commissioner in charge of the Special Fraud Unit, Johnson Ogunshakin, has been redeployed to Rivers State to replace Mbu as the new Commissioner of Police. Thirteen (13) Commissioners of Police were also redeployed in the process.
Mbu has been in the news a lot along with the political issues rocking Rivers State. He is known to have been at loggerheads with the state government, which had accused the police boss of being partisan with regards to State politics.
All Progressives Congress, APC and the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, have consistently called for the removal of Mr Joseph Mbu, accusing him of being used to frustrate the Governor and the emergence of the APC in the Niger-Delta state.
The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Mohammed, has however denied knowledge of the redeployment, he said: “The Command for now is not in receipt of any official communication about Mbu's redeployment
