Why We Can’t Redeploy CP Mbu From Rivers State ––Police

The Police Service Commission said it did not yield to pressure to order the redeployment of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu because Rivers government had initiated a suit against the commission and the commissioner in court.

“The Police Service Commission cannot remove or redeploy Mbu from Rivers State because the state government has gone to court and joined the commission and the CP, so we have to wait for the outcome of the case. 

“For now, our hands are tied. We could have considered the calls for the CP’s removal but while many are calling for his redeployment, others are commending him.”

The Commissioner in charge of media, PSC, Ms. Comfort Obi, said this in a chat with Punch on Thursday, as she described as frightening, the way the CP’s office was being politicised.

Obi claimed that a CP is not expected to be an errand boy to a state governor or do the governor’s bidding, stressing that every police officer was expected to be professional when carrying out his duties.

Asked if the commission is comfortable with all the controversies attracted by Mbu, Obi said the PSC was not happy, describing the situation as unfortunate.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha, said the removal of the state police commissioner will definitely reduce police antagonism against the people of Rivers State.

Okocha said no commissioner of police could be as unprofessional as Mbu. He said the state police boss was more of a propagandist than a law enforcement chief, adding that should Mbu be redeployed, the antics of some anti-Rivers politicians would be tamed.