Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, alleged that the immediate past Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Usman A.Belel, was transferred because he refused to write a false security report declaring the state unsafe for the election petition Tribunal.
Usman Belel who was posted to the state from Zamfara in January was transferred out of the State a week ago with CP Mustapha Dandaura as his replacement.
Dandaura is now the 40th Commissioner of Police in the State.
Speaking at the Government House Port Harcourt, Wike insisted that the state is safe.
According to him: “They told the Commissioner of Police to write a security report that here is not safe for the Tribunal. But he refused and the transferred him.
“The Former Minister of Transportation said Rivers State is not safe, but he celebrated his birthday here. The letter Former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote was not because of Rivers State. But Amaechi is saying Rivers State is not safe.
“All the companies are drilling oil and Nigeria is making money from Rivers State. So Rivers State is safe. I am here and I am here. It is the way God wants it.
I will stay here till 2023, then another person will come. Don’t continue to paint Rivers State black,” he said.
He said that since the commencement of his second term, his administration has faced several political and legal challenges, aimed at derailing it.
Wike said he is thanking God for ensuring that he always wins, despite the strength of his opponents.
