by Azubuike Azikiwe

Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers state has assured the people of his state that moving forward, police harassment and molestation has become a thing of the past.

The governor said people can come out and vote in Saturday’s governorship election without fear of being intimidated by the police.

He made the statement at the weekend during his Ward to Ward campaign in Emohua and Ikwerre Local Government Areas of the state.

Amaechi said: “On Saturday, I expect everybody to come out and vote. There will be no police molestation again. There will be no army harassment again. Any policeman that molests you must be preparing to retire and this time, it will not be retirement, it will be punishment for retirement, so come out to vote. We are expecting you to come out and vote.”

“The reason why I am running from ward to ward is to encourage you to come out because after what the police and the army did last time, everybody will be afraid to come out. On Saturday, we should all come out to vote and as your governor, I urge you to vote for APC.”

“We have agreed to set up a commission of enquiry to investigate all the killings so far. So, all those people who killed, we shall punish them. Whether they like it or not, they must account for everybody they killed.

“For the police, we believe that by now they must have learnt their lesson. We believe that by now they must have known that they were politicians and not officers of the Nigeria Police. This Saturday, we expect them to be Nigeria Police and not Nigerian politicians.”

Kolapo Olapoju