Rivers Crisis: Four northern govs call for Mbu’s removal
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...
