6 Police Officers Sacked For 'Escorting Governor Wike To Polling Units'

The Nigerian Police Force has sacked six of its men who disregarded clear directions amid the 10 December, 2016 authoritative rerun races in Rivers State. What's more, they will be arraigned for appointive offenses.

The policemen, all assistants of Governor Nyesom Wike, were said to have ruptured rules gave over by the High Command encouraging them to be of good lead and halt from escorting their principals, remarkably open office holders and legislators to surveying units all through the time of the decision.

Compel Public Relations officer and agent magistrate of police, Don Nwunah in an announcement on Friday, January 6, 2016 said the unmitigated break of the guidelines by the sacked officers was "unsuitable by all norms in the Force."

Rivers: Governor Nyesom Wike and the Deputy Governor Ipalibo Banigo marching at the collation centre for the legislative rerun elections on Monday, Dec 12 to confront men of the SARS from stealing electoral results.

"These demonstrations, if not checked can be antagonistic to train and appropriate organization of the Force. Their activities are equipped for conveying the whole Nigeria Police Force to notoriety and depict the Force in a terrible light as an uncivilized association not guided by the run of law", Nwunah said.

The rejected officers are Inspr. Eyong Victor, Sgt Peter Ekpo, Sgt Oguni Goodluck, Sgt. Orji Nwoke, Sgt. Okpe Ezekiel and Sgt. Tanko Akor.

Itemizing their offenses, Nwunah said: The "Police work force while in the escort of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Rivers State Barr. Nyesom Wike on the date of race, tenth December, 2016 abused the guns in their ownership as opposed to the arrangements of Force Order 237.

"The Service staff got to be distinctly exuberant, took laws into their hands and started shooting, creating alarm in the group. They participated in raging the Port Harcourt City Council Secretariat and kept the development of decision aftereffects of Emouha surveying unit to the suitable resemblance focus assigned by INEC, in egregious dismissal and defiance to senior Police officers show at the scene.

"The six cops, after the finish of examination concerning this open wickedness, were subjected to inward disciplinary measures, discovered blameworthy and thusly expelled from the drive. They will be indicted under the Electoral Act to serve as a hindrance to others", he included. (NAN)