RIVERS: My supporters are being treated like criminals by the police

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has alleged that his supporters were being harassed and treated like criminals by the Police in the state. Speaking on the recent arrest of the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Omuma Local Government  Area of the state, Mr Emeka Wogu, the governor said his supporters have become target of arrest and torture by the Police, according to report from Vanguard. The governor who spoke through his media aide, Mr Dave Iyofor  condemned the arrest and alleged torture of the council boss. Wogu who narrated his ordeal in the hands of the Police, had alleged that he was handcuffed, tortured  and treated like a common criminal. He said he was accused of allegedly ordering his loyalists to destroy bill boards bearing posters of President Goodluck Jonathan in his council. Wogu said “Heavily armed policemen numbering over 40 to 50 dressed in war gear came to arrest me. At that point, I was told by one of them that I was under arrest.
They handcuffed me, tortured me and dragged me into their vehicle and took me to old GRA Police Station and bundled me into the cell with common criminals and later transferred to SARS around 2a.m., and locked me up in the midst of over 150 armed robbers. The cell was too full that the inmates couldn’t even find a place to lie down.” The caretaker committee boss, who denied the allegation by the Police, added that he was considering legal action against the Police. “No petition was shown me when I met with the Police Commissioner. All the commissioner told me was that he got a report that I ordered that the President banner be destroyed. “I want to say that the plan was  to remove me or intimidate the party, harass, cow or remove me from the scene for some time. I want to say here that is totally unacceptable. I am consulting my lawyers to seek redress. It has also impacted on my person. I feel so terribly humiliated.”