Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has advised the new state Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju, to resist the temptation of attending nocturnal meetings that will make him declare war on Rivers people.
Rather, the governor urged him to put the general interest of the people of the state above other considerations so that he can work to ensure that peace prevailes in the state.
Gov. Fubara gave the advice when he received Adepoju, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday.
The governor said: “You are not a new person in our state. You’ve been here, more especially, in -charge of operations. It then means if I start to talk about my story, it’ll connect with your activities in operations. But I am not going to talk about my story.
“But the good thing here is, you said something that I want to really anchor on. Your duty, as it stands now, is to work with the government, work with other sister agencies to maintain law and order, protect lives and property of the people of Rivers State.
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“Be apolitical, as you just read in your address. Don’t go to nocturnal meetings in people’s houses, and in the morning, you come and declare war on Rivers people. That is the only advice I will give to you.”
Gov. Fubara charged the new police chief to draw up a holistic plan on how to tackle the twin problem of cultism among the youths and kidnapping in boundary communities.
Earlier, the Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju, expressed profound gratitude for the opportunity given him to serve the people of Rivers State as the 47th commissioner of police.
Adepoju said he is fully aware of the complex security challenges in the state, and is determined to do everything professionally possible to confront them with innovation.
