Rivers State Police Withdraws Officers Attached To Rivers Covid19 Taskforce.


The Rivers State Police Command has withdrawn all its personnel attached to the state task force on road decongestion, illegal street trading and motor parks set up by Governor Nyesom Wike.

The officers were withdrawn after the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, led other senior officers and men to visit the family of the late female police Sergeant, Lovender Elekwachi, who was shot dead on duty at Eneka in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

Spokesman of the Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the development in an interview with newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Moscow road Port Harcourt.

Omoni said the withdrawal will enable the Commissioner of police to adequately review the deployment before deploying any officer to such operation to avoid a repeat of what led to the untimely killing of the female police Sergeant.

NAIJALOADED reports that all personnel who were initially deployed to enforce the congestion of road, illegal street trading and motor parks have already returned to the command.

Earlier, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, while addressing the immediate family of the police officer and traditional rulers in Ozuzu Clan in Etche Local Government Area of the state, disclosed that investigation has been concluded against the officer who pulled the trigger.

CP Mukan also said the officer, Bitrus Osaiah, has been dismissed from Service and will be arraigned in court without further delay.

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