Rivers State chapter of the Peoples' Democratic Party,
PDP, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, to
immediately disband the C41, alleging that the police unit is planning to
"abduct, frame, arrest and assassinate some leaders of the PDP".
The C4I, otherwise known as "See For Eye",
is a specialised counter terrorism unit created within the Rivers State Police
Command during the short-lived administration of former Governor Celestine
Omehia, in 2007. Operatives of the C4I are trained by the Israeli Secret
Service, the Mossad, to curtail the spate of kidnapping by Niger Delta
militants.
Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, PDP
Governorship Campaign Organisation, Barrister Emmah Okah, told journalists, in
Port Harcourt, at the Weekend, that the "PDP has totally lost confidence
in the C4I, since by their conduct and operation the C4I is independent of the
control of the Rivers State Police Command".
He stated that there was "a completely scandalous
and alarming conspiracy resulting from an unholy alliance between the
Government of Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on one hand and
a department of the Rivers State Police Command called C4I (pronounced “See For
Eye”) on the other, to abduct, assassinate or frame and arrest leaders of the
PDP in Rivers State and to generally orchestrate political violence, chaos and
anarchy in Rivers State". Okah alleged: "We have uncovered a heinous and
shameful conspiracy by the said C4I and APC to arm some young men who would
thereafter be arrested while armed with the very weapons given to them by the
C4I and APC. After their stage-managed arrest, false confessions would be
obtained from them in consonance with the orchestrated plan to the effect that
they were armed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the
Gubernatorial Candidate of the PDP in Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, to
commit sundry criminal acts including kidnap, armed robbery, and political
assassinations".
"As a means of suppressing evidence and
concealing the false confession, the young men would thereafter be killed by
the C4I through administering poisons on them. The C4I and their APC
co-conspirators would then falsely allege that the President in concert with
Chief Nyesom Wike CON with and the PDP are responsible for the murder of the
young men". Okah further alleged: "Prior to this time and just to
mention one out of several cases, the C4I had attempted to abduct and possibly
eliminate a member of the PDP in Rivers State, Tonye Adoki Ayella".
"Mr. Ayella, who is the PDP's candidate to
represent Port Harcourt Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly in
the 2015 General Election, was saved from abduction and possible elimination by
security men attached to Evans Bipi, Member of the Rivers State House of
Assembly".
Okah who lamented that "this matter was reported
to the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command, who has refused or
neglected to investigate the matter", called on the Inspector-General of
Police, to "investigate the nefarious plot against President Jonathan and
Chief Wike; debrief members of the C4I; prosecute those involved in the plot;
deploy the security operatives from Rivers State and disband the C4I police
unit".
The PDP also enjoined "the Inspector General of
Police to ensure that this Israeli trained special unit, the C4I, is not used
any further by the APC or any other political party for that matter, as its
terrorist wing in Rivers State."
"It is rather incomprehensible and shameful that
a special Police Squad created and funded by the Rivers State Government to
contain the menace of Kidnapping in Rivers State is now the very organisation
that the Government of Rivers State would be using for acts of abduction,
kidnapping, planned assassinations, and political chicanery", the party
added.
Reacting to PDP's allegation, the Greater Together
Campaign Organisation of the governorship candidate of the APC, Dr. Dakuku
Peterside, described the allegation as “a joke of the millennium” and called on
the “public to disregard such and similar allegations by the PDP, saying that
“the allegations are nothing better than beer parlour gossips shared under the
influence of alcohol”.
The organization in a statement signed by its Director
of Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, stated: “The PDP should be ashamed of
its tactics to curry public sympathy in the face of impending defeat in a few
weeks from now. This is the first time in Nigeria's political history that a
party in power at the national level is too afraid of meeting an opposition
party at the polls”.
“It's a shame that the PDP, despite its boast of
having the numbers and capacity, has gone senile in begging for sympathy. The
latest allegation from the PDP is its open confession that the chance to
continue its evil grip on power in Nigeria has reached an irreversible end. The
PDP has had about 16 years grip on Nigeria through the peoples' votes, but
bungled such golden opportunity. PDP has had 16 uninterrupted years to change
the fortunes of Nigerians but has left them poorer. PDP had 16 chances to
launch the country to greatness but preferred to elevate corruption to national
culture”
The APC further added: “The allegation that the Rivers
State government and the APC plan to assassinate President Goodluck Jonathan
and Chief Nyesom Wike, respectively, is hogwash and should be dismissed. The
PDP never knew that the day of retribution would come, and is face-to-face with
it. The party doesn't deserve any sympathy from Nigerians”.
The Rivers State Police Command in a statement signed
by its spokesman, DSP, Ahmad Muhammad, stated: “The Rivers State Police Command
is constraint to respond to allegations against C4I, an operational outfit of
the Command by Bar. Emma Okah, Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, Rivers
State People Democratic Party Campaign (PDP) Organisation, to the effect that
C4I in concert with another political party planned “to abduct, assassinate or
frame and arrest leaders of the PDP in Rivers State and to generally
orchestrate political violence, chaos and anarchy in Rivers State.”
“It is on record that C4I is a well-trained
operational unit of the Command established since 2007 specifically to tackle
the rising wave of violent crimes in the State. The unit is under the strict
control and supervision of the Command's Directorate of Operations and has
recorded colossal successes in crime prevention and fighting in the State,
particularly in terms of rescue of kidnapped victims, arrest of suspected
vicious criminals, recovery of firearms/ammunition, stolen vehicles, illicit
drugs and narcotics, feats which stand the unit out”.
The PPRO of the state police command stressed: “As a
matter fact, the Command as a responsible law enforcement agency or any of its
units has no plan whatsoever to abduct, assassinate or frame and arrest leaders
or members of any political party in Rivers State or to orchestrate political
violence, chaos and anarchy in the State. Therefore, there is no iota of truth
in the allegations”.
The statement pointed out: “The Commissioner of
Police until now is not aware of the allegations. However, he has ordered for
in-depth investigation on the allegations, please”.
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