{"id":114514,"date":"2024-10-04T21:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T20:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114514"},"modified":"2024-10-04T21:14:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T20:14:19","slug":"fubara-berates-igp-says-hell-have-to-shoot-him-to-stop-rivers-lg-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/fubara-berates-igp-says-hell-have-to-shoot-him-to-stop-rivers-lg-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Fubara berates IGP, says he\u2019ll have to shoot him to stop Rivers\u2019 LG election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1811983473070795692\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara has insisted that his state\u2019s local government election scheduled for Saturday must go on, adding that the Inspector General of Police (IGP),\u00a0 Kayode Egbetokun will have to order his men to shoot him to stop the poll.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">He made this known on Friday while addressing a gathering in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.According to the governor, the IGP has no legal backing to prevent him from accessing the premises of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the congregation, Fubara said, \u201cWhen it comes to the issue of Rivers State it becomes different, you are not ashamed to call yourself Inspector General of Police. Enough is enough, I will be here and if I go back and if I hear anybody complain, I will come here because this is my property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have any power whatsoever to bar me from entering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry it and part of your history as a wicked IGP would include shooting Fubara. I think that I have given you enough respect and to all Rivers indigenes, elections must hold; anything that wants to happen should happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this development, the Rivers State Police Command had vowed not to allow the Local Government Election to go on.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko titled \u2018Proposed October 5th, 2024 Local Government Chairman Election\u2019, the Command confirmed being in receipt of a restraining order preventing the police from providing security during the LGA elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Command also said it is aware of the 30th September 2024 judgement of an Abuja Federal High Court which barred the Police Force from participating in the election.<\/p>\n<p>Iringe-Koko added that the Force Legal Department has advised that the court ruling takes precedence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara has insisted that his state\u2019s local government election scheduled for Saturday must go on, adding that the Inspector General of Police (IGP),\u00a0 Kayode Egbetokun will&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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