The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday demanded the immediate unsealing of local councils in Rivers State by the Police.
The action of the police followed the appointment of caretaker committees following the dissolution of the 22 local government councils by the order of ththe Federal High Court.
PDP in a statement by its national publicity secretary Olisa Metuh described the police action as illegal and a brazen display of partisanship.
According to the statement, the action of the police is an affront to the ruling of the High Court, which on Thursday dissolved the 22 local government councils unlawfully imposed by the immediate past administration in the state.
“It was curious that the police allowed the dissolution of local government councils and appointment of caretaker committees in APC controlled Plateau and Kaduna states, even when they were without the orders of the court but elected to clamp down on that of Rivers State, which came as a result of judicial pronouncement,” the party said.
It therefore charged the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to come out clean on the matter and assure the nation of the non-partisanship of the police by ordering the immediate unsealing of the councils.
The party called on Nigerians and the international community to note the development, which it said is a yet another clear indication that the Nigerian police may have become a partisan and compromised instrument in the hands of the APC Federal Government to destabilize PDP-controlled states, particularly Rivers State.PDP demands immediate unsealing of Rivers Councils
PDD The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has demanded the immediate unsealing of local councils in Rivers State by the Police.
The party described as unconstitutional, reprehensible abuse of power and brazen show of partisanship the action of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government controlled police in barring caretaker committees lawfully appointed by the state government from taking charge of the councils.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Friday said the action of the police is an affront to the ruling of the High Court, which on Thursday dissolved the 22 local government councils unlawfully imposed by the immediate past administration in the state, upon which the caretaker committees were appointed by Governor Nyesom Wike.
The party said: “It was curious that the police allowed the dissolution of local government councils and appointment of caretaker committees in APC controlled Plateau and Kaduna states, even when they were without the orders of the court but elected to clamp down on that of Rivers State, which came as a result of judicial pronouncement.”
It therefore charged the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to come out clean on the matter and assure the nation of the non-partisanship of the police by ordering the immediate unsealing of the councils.
The party called on Nigerians and the international community to note the development, which it said is a yet another clear indication that the Nigerian police may have become a partisan and compromised instrument in the hands of the APC Federal Government to destabilize PDP-controlled states, particularly Rivers State.
