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Police Arrest Journalist Over Report On Police Commissioner
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a journalist, Kench Okenyi, over a report on alleged age falsification of the state Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan.
An online news platform, Sahara Reporters, reported that Okenyi was arrested on Friday by a police team led by one CSP Chris Amanyi.
According to the platform, the journalist was released around midnight on Saturday, as he was also allegedly denied access to a lawyer and his relatives.
Okenyi said he was detained for over eight hours.
“I was arrested on Friday on the orders of the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State for publishing a report detailing how the CP was due for retirement five months ago having attained the statutory age for retirement in the police which is 60 years.
“The police team led by CSP Chris Amanyi arrested me and held me for over eight hours without access to a lawyer,” he said.
The Tide learnt that the platform that originally published the report against the police commissioner had retracted it.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, promised to react to the arrest of the journalist on Tuesday.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.