Explosion: ‘Don’t Transfer Suspect To Abuja’

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has called on the Nigerian Police to resist the pressure to transfer the prime suspect in last Tuesday’s explosion in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to Abuja.

The suspect, whose limb was severely damaged after he attempted to detonate an explosive near the President Hotel in the state capital, is currently receiving treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, under the watchful eyes of operatives of the State Police Command.

Eze, in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP in Port Harcourt yesterday, expressed fears that investigations into the incident may be marred by undue interference as he has it on good authority that the Force Headquarters is under pressure to transfer the prime suspect in the explosion to Abuja.

He therefore called on the Inspector General of Police to resist any pressure on him to scuttle investigation into the incident to unravel the masked-man of influence fueling armed conflict in the state to topple the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

The APC chieftain condemned attempts by former council chairmen and some lawmakers to turn the political playground in the state into an unsavory scene of carnage and bloodbath to justify their call for an emergency rule.

He said it was wrong for some politicians to freely resort to armed warfare in a bid to foist their inordinate desire on the state and her people against the spirit of the law and in defiance of a reasonable order to ‘cease and desist’ by the Police Force.