Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has urged the deployed Commissioner of Police to the State, CP Olugbenga Adepoju not to attend nocturnal meetings that could make him declare war on Rivers people.
He gave the advice when he received CP Adepoju in Rivers Rivers State Command paid him a courtesy visit in Port Harcourt, the State Capital where he tasked him to leverage his skills, experience in addressing the twin security problems of kidnapping and cultism amongst youths in the State.
Fubara also urge him to put the general interest of the people of the State above other considerations so that he can work to ensure that peace prevailed and there is stability.
He 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.
“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”, he stressed.
Earlier in his remarks, the Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, expressed gratitude for the opportunity given to him to serve the resilient and vibrant people of Rivers State as the 47th Commissioner of Police.
He said he is fully aware of the complex security challenges in the State, and is determined to do everything professionally to confront them with innovation in the State, which is not a an unfamiliar to him.
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