Posts

Showing posts with the label Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi

RIVERS CRISIS LATEST: Four govs stoned at P-Harcourt Airport

Image
By Jimitota Onoyume, Kingsley Omonobi, Ben Agande, Luka Biniyat & Henry Umoru PORTHARCOURT—THE animosity between rival factions in the festering crisis ravaging Rivers State recurred again yesterday as four Northern states governors on a solidarity visit to their Rivers counterpart, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, were embarassed as their convoy was pelted with stones by protesters as they left for Government House. Surprised by the turn of events in Rivers, the four governors — Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), who condemned the fracas in the Rivers State House of Assembly, also called for the transfer of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu. [caption id="attachment_404379" align="alignnone" width="412"] NORTHERN GOVS VISIT AMAECHI—From Left: Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State; Sule Lamido of Jigawa; Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers; Babangida Aliyu of Niger, and Mur...