Rivers Govt Demand Transfer Of 2 Police Officers

As Wike Leads Protest To PoliceThe Rivers State government on Thursday demanded for the immediate transfer of two senior police officers, including the Deputy Commissioner in-charge of Operations, Mr. Steven Hasso and the Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Mr. Akin Fakorede, out of the state.Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, who handed down the demand when he led people to the headquarters of the Rivers State Police Command, along Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, to protest the mass killings by the Police and other security agencies during the December 10 rerun elections.The peaceful protest march took off from Government House, Port Harcourt at 8:00am, moved through Azikiwe Streetand Bank Road before terminatingat the Rivers State Police Command.AddressingthePolice, Wike said that the people of Rivers Statewere at the Police Commandto inform the authorities that they were tiredof the killings of innocent people in the state by the police and other security operatives.The governor noted thatthe people and government of the statewere particularly dissatisfiedwith the recklessnessofHasso and Fakorede, who allegedly led the sponsored onslaughtagainstthe people of Rivers State and compromised the security architecture of the state.He said: On behalf of the Rivers State Government and the good people of the state, we have to let the police know that enough is enough.We demand that the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Steven Hasso and the Commander of Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS) Akin Fakorede must leave the state.Since you dont want to protect the state and you want to be politicians, you have gotten the votes you want to get, you have also gotten the seats you want to get, you can now leave the state. If they dont leave the state, then we will do all we can to ensure they leave this state. They must leave this state. They have killed innocent people.We have come here peacefully, communicate this to your superiors in Abuja. I cannot write again, since I have done that repeatedly. Please, I dont want my people to die anymore. I dont want armed robbers posted as senior police officers to Rivers State.Wike noted that the Police High Command has refused to act despite the overwhelming evidence against the duo, especially the video footage that showed Akin Fakorede and other security operatives trying to snatch results of the Rivers East Senatorial District.In his response, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cyril Okoro assured the governor that the Rivers State Police Command will pass the message to the Police High Command fornecessary action.
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