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Four Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP, Governors from the Northern part of the country, Tuesday, paid a solidarity visit to Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. The quartet of Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa states, arrived the Port Harcourt International Airport  Tuesday afternoon amid protests . In a joint statement, which was made available to Vanguard, the governors said they were in the Rivers State Government House to visit the governor, whom they described as “our brother and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum” and to ascertain for themselves some of the things they had been reading in the media lately. Although the governors expressed satisfaction with the peaceful atmosphere in the state despite the political developments there, they said they were shocked over the role being played by the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr.  Mbu Joseph Mbu. The governors said, “We acknowledge the gr...

PORTHARCOURT —  Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State yesterday cried out over recent developments in the state, saying that the state and the people were under siege. Governor Amaechi spoke even as the Police launched a high-level investigation into the role of its officers and men in the crisis, with an invitation to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu Joseph and police officers attached to the Government House alleged to have taken sides in the fracas. Also yesterday, the Army high command denied withdrawing troops from Government House, affirming that the troops pulled out were not a component of the security infrastructure of the Government House. [caption id="attachment_403503" align="alignnone" width="412"] Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State[/caption] President Goodluck Jonathan in his first public reaction since the fracas in the State House of Assembly on Tuesday warned politicians in the state to tread within the bounds of politic...