Wike
"I will reject unknown CSO," Gov tells Police IG
Gov Wike has promised to reject any CSO given to him by the police
IG saying he feels empty and unsave without his former CSO.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has told the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim that the withdrawal of his Chief Security Officer (CSO) had exposed his life to danger.
Speaking at a recent meet with the IGP, Wike said: ”The
moment you touch my chief security officer, you are telling me that you
are ready for me. As I sit here, I am empty, I have no protection.
”What you have done is the highest disrespect to the Office of the Governor,” he said.
Wike pleaded with the IGP to return his CSO, saying that he would not be able to take anyone.
“I
am pleading with you, my life is very important; I will not take any
chief security officer you bring to me that I don’t know.
”This is a matter of security and protection, it is not what you do with levity.”
Wike said that the IGP did not consult him before redeploying the CSO.
The
governor said that he was shocked by a statement released by the Office
of the Inspector-General of Police, saying that his CSO was withdrawn
for misconduct.
He told the IGP that, on the contrary, the CSO only stopped an APC crowd from invading the government house.
He
urged the police to be unbiased during the election, saying that Rivers
people would support an unbiased police but would resist any attempt
to use security agencies for untoward electoral action.
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