IGP Directs Personnel to Leave Rivers LGAs Immediately
The immediate withdrawal of police officers who were previously stationed to block off Rivers State's 23 local government districts has been ordered by Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun. The Rivers State Command's Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, made the announcement of this directive in a statement on Monday, October 7. The statement claims that the directive is in response to recent political events that have occurred in Rivers State. "The newly deployed State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, conveyed the directives of the Inspector General of Police,...
