CP Olatunji Disu has been named the new Commissioner of Police for Rivers Command by Inspector General of Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun.
Gistlover claims that Disu has replaced CP Nwonyi Emeka barely three days after Rivers youths called for Emeka’s redeployment in a protest over alleged threats against State Governor Siminalaye Fubara,.
Disu was the former head of the Nigerian Police Force’s Intelligence Response Team and is currently the Principal Staff Officer of the IGP.
According to NTA, seven more have also been reassigned to different commanders.
It should be noted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Governor Nyesom Wike had a political falling out.
Following reports of plans to impeach Governor Fubara, suspected arsonists bombed the Assembly, with the main chamber where the lawmakers sit for plenary razed on the night of Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Undeterred by the fire outbreak, about 24 lawmakers led by the House Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, sat at the Assembly auditorium the following day (Monday) and commenced an impeachment proceeding against the Governor.
On the same day at the Government House, Port Harcourt, the House Leader, Edisos Ehie, who had earlier been suspended, told journalists that 26 of his colleagues sat and elected him as the new Speaker of the House.
Reports had also emerged claiming the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Nwonyi Emeka, is a loyalist of Wike.
