The Rivers State Police Commissioner has warned some groups planning to stage a protest in support and opposition of the nomination of the State's former governor Rotimi Amaechi as a minister, to come off the plan.
In a statement signed by DSP Ahmad Muhammad, Police Public Relations Officer for the River State Commissioner of Police, the Command "uncovered clandestine moves by two opposing groups to stage a protest in Port Harcourt."
The protests according to the Police, aims to express the support or opposition by the groups to the ministerial nomination of the ex-governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi by President Buhari.
The Commissioner has therefore warned the groups to "jettison the plan to stage the protest so as not truncate the existing peaceful co-existence in the State."
The Command says it respects the individuals’ right of peaceful assembly, but will not tolerate a situation where such protests will degenerate into a breach of public peace and breakdown of law and order.
The people of Rivers State have therefore been enjoined to remain calm, and trust in the ability of the State's Police Command to ensure public peace and security, while upholding democratic rights and rule of law.
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