Rivers CP Appears Before Human Rights Commission

Members of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), protesting in Lagos last Tuesday.

Rivers State Police Commissioner, Joseph Mbu, yesterday  denied any rift between him and the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
He also denied being a member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), or being sympathetic to the party’s interest and taking instructions from the President and the First Lady.
Mbu said persistent allegations about his disrespect and disobedience to the governors’ directives were not true.
Mbu accused the media of “blowing the issues in Rivers State out of proportion.”
Mbu was speaking in Abuja invitation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over the petition by the Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi.
His appearance before the commission coincided with its Executive Chairman, Prof. BemAngwe’s announcement of plans to commemorate this year’s International Human Rights Day slated for December 10.
On allegations that he had taken side in the dispute between the Presidency and Governor Amaechi, and that he does not see eye to eye with the governor, Mbu said: “I am a Commissioner of Police of the state and it is my duty to protect all of you. I do not belong to any political par