By Ayo Kehinde
IGP Adamu
Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said the masked, armed policemen who invaded the Port Harcourt home of former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nuneh, on Thursday were on legitimate duty and faulted reports that “the MOPOL presence at the residence of Joi Nunieh was not the directive of the Command”.
In a statement by the Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, ” the Officers who were at the residence of the former Ag. MD Joi Nunieh were from the IGP Monitoring Team in Abuja and were here on Official assignment.”
He said that before they proceeded to her residence, “they observed due protocols and requisite standard operating procedures,including going through the processes of arriving themselves at the Headquarters with their Investigation Activities duly signed and approved by the Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph G Mukan psc (+).”
Any insinuation to the contrary that neither the Commissioner of Police in the state nor the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, were unaware of their mission, according to him, “is preposterous”
He said; ” the reference indicating that the Officers were there without the directive of the CP nor the IGP is preposterous and most unfortunate., hence should be discountenanced and disregarded.”
The police siege on her home was broken by Governor Nyesom Wike, who rescued her and took her to Government House, Port Harcourt. She is currently testifying before the House Committee on Niger Delta Affairs probing the alleged missing N40 billion in the Commission.
