Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 6, Tunde Ogunsakin, today accused Rivers State political leaders of disobeying the peace accord facilitated by the police.
The AIG specifically argued that politicians in the state, who participated in the peace accord deliberately moved against the law.
It would be recalled that AIG Ogunsakin had on February 12, 2015, facilitated a peace accord among politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other political parties.
There governorship candidates which included that of the APC,
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, and his counterpart from the PDP, Chief Nyesom Wike, had at the peace meeting gave the assurance that they would prevail on their supporters to shun violence before, during and after the coming elections.
The AIG said, "I emphasised during that meeting that political activities must effectively accommodate the interests of all without undermining the fundamental human rights of the citizens and without also compromising the peace, order, security and safety of lives and property in Rivers State.
"It is important to state that in the course of aforementioned meeting with the political parties and stakeholders and all other political actors signed a peace accord, which was committal in nature to the effect that all political actors would, among other things, eschew all forms of violence.
"Unfortunately, it has become apparent that the political actors, who were present at the said stakeholders meeting, are not complying with the peace accord.
"It was agreed that in the event of violation of the content of the peace accord, we will not hesitate to visit any of the person concerned with the full wrath of the law."
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