Police To Support Peace Building Groups In Rivers

The Rivers State Po
lice Command has pledged its readiness to support groups and organisations that preach peace in their different communities.
The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, said this in Port Harcourt last Monday during a courtesy call on him by the Etche Brothers Assembly, a non-governmental organisation in the state.
Mr. Ogunsakin, who was represented by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Alkal Shaba, said that the police was ready to work with groups whose focus was to work for peace in their communities.
The commissioner who described peace as the most important ingredient for development in any community said that it behoved those who are responsible in their various areas to preach peace to their people particularly the youths.
He commended the Etche Brothers Assembly for making peace the principal focus of its activities and urged them to work together with police officers in Etche in terms of information sharing to checkmate violence in the area.
Earlier, the chairman Etche Brothers Assembly, Sir Chima Choko, said that the assembly, which is non-partisan was formed by people of like minds to enthrone peace in Etcheland which comprises Etche and Omuma Local Government Areas.
Choko said that to actualise the objective, the assembly is seeking to collaborate with the state police command, especially in the areas of information sharing with a view to checking all forms of violence in Etcheland especially in 2015.
He further said that apart from the police, the group intends to reach out to all stakeholders in the area with the view to preaching the message of peace among the people.
According to him, because of the general disharmony in the polity, there is need to partner with the police to ensure that peace is achieved.
He commended the police commissioner for his readiness to work with the group to achieve peace in Etche come 2015.
Also speaking, Hon. Emma Ebere, said that the group was working hard to avoid bloodshed in Etcheland in 2015, and expressed the hope that the police will be ready to assist the group to fulfill its mission to the people.