PDP Crisis: Rivers police bar Amaechi from Government House The police mounted a roadblock at a Government House entrance, forcing Governor Amaechi to take a longer route. In a move that added a new dimension to the political crisis in Rivers state and the Peoples Democratic Party, the police on Thursday night denied Governor Rotimi Amaechi entrance to the Government House through an alternate route to the compound. The governor was returning to the Government House after a political meeting with members of the ‘New PDP’ with dozens of supporters, including visiting ex-speakers of the state’s assembly, when they met the roadblock. The heavily armed police officers ordered the governor and his supporters to turn around even after the governor alighted from his car to physical identify himself. The leader of the squad that carried out the operation called the governor’s bluff saying he does not take orders from civilians, Ibim Semenitari, the state’s information commissioner later said.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 07:05:22 +0000