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\u2022 PDP flays Amaechi\u2019s claim on security<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly has given the Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, and others up to noon of August 20, 2013 to file in their responses to allegations levelled against them. <\/p>\n

   Chairman of the Commission, Justice Biobele Georgewill, said all the persons and organisations mentioned in the memoranda already submitted to the panel by other aggrieved parties must submit their responses to enable the commission commence proper hearing of the applications filed.<\/p>\n

   The names of other persons mentioned by the commission include the Area Commander, MOPOL 19. Members of the House of Assembly ordered to submit their responses include Mr. Evans Bipi, representing Ogu\/Bolo; Victor Ihunwo, representing Port Harcourt City III Constituency;  Michael Chinda (Obio\/Akpor Constituency II) and  Kelechi Nwogu (Omuma Constituency).<\/p>\n

 Also invited are former chairman of Emohua Local Government, Mr. Emeka Woke; a female journalist identified as Oluchi; General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Port Harcourt and General Manager,  92.3 FM, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n

   Justice Georgewill explained that only three memoranda have so far been submitted by the following persons: Speaker of the House of Assembly,  Otelemaba  Amachree; Leader of the House, Chidi Lloyd and the 25 members of the Assembly, to the commission.<\/p>\n

  \u201cThe Judicial Commission believes, having taken this step to ensure due notice of the allegations made against some named persons and organisations by due publication, all those whose names or organisations were mentioned in those memos would seize the opportunity of this publication to respond to those memos and submit their response to the Judicial Commission through the Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n

   Meanwhile, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has alleged that the notion of insecurity in the state is the creation of Governor Chibuike Amaechi to discredit the efforts of the police and other security operatives in furtherance of his insistence on getting the Police Commissioner, Mbu, transferred.<\/p>\n

  In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the State PDP chairman, Jerry Needam, the party said Amaechi\u2019s claim contradicts his continued assurances to prospective foreign investors of prevailing peace and conducive atmosphere for investment, wondering if he could be referring to another state other than Rivers.<\/p>\n

  Faulting what it called \u201cdouble speak\u201d of the Amaechi administration, the PDP described the feigned insecurity of lives and property in the state as lacking both in terms and principle.<\/p>\n

  \u201cIf there is any society that is completely free of crimes and undesirable elements, there would be no need for security operatives and even among the kitchen cabinet of Amaechi himself, there could be those whose dispositions pose apparent danger to order and security\u201d, the party noted.<\/p>\n

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