Rivers killings: What APC wants FG to do to IGP Arase
– APC wants IGP Arase to be sacked over the killings in Rivers state
– The party’s deputy national secretary said Arase was inefficient
Following the recent killings and destruction of properties in Rivers state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the sack of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.
Speaking on Thursday, March 10, during a media chat, the deputy national secretary of the party, Ngofa Oji said had proven his inefficiency in discharging his duty, PM News reports.
The Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase
According to him, Arase has been unable to protect lives and properties of the people of Rivers state.
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He also accused the IGP of complacency, noting that he had not given attention to all the petitions written to him by the party.
Oji said: “These matters were reported and it shouldn’t have gotten to the point where institutions charged with the responsibility to take care of these things are doing nothing.
“We would not have gotten to the point, where people are beginning to wonder if actually we have an APC government and APC members are targeted in Rivers state.
“People cannot believe that Nigerian citizens are killed this way in Rivers.”
Engr. Segun Oni, the acting national chairman of the party had on Wednesday during a press briefing said the security situation in Rivers state is clearly an affront on the Federal Government’s power to protect lives and property within its territory.
At the weekend, an APC chieftain, Franklin Nkukuru Obi, his wife and son were murdered in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers state.
Shocked by the reckless killings, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Obuah said it was condemnable and unacceptable.
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