Police demand Wike surrender Joi Nunieh
The Nigerian Police still want to interrogate Dr.Joi Nunieh, the former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC).
On Thursday, policemen from Abuja made a botched bid to arrest her from her home in Port Harcourt.
She was rescued by Governor Nyesom Wike.
According to reports, the police have now formally asked Wike to allow them take her away.
The Nation reported that Rivers Police Commissioner, Joseph Mukan, made the demand during a meeting with Wike in Port Harcourt on Friday.
Mukan told newsmen later that Nunieh was under investigation over a petition for which she was required to enable the police conclude their probe.
He expressed confidence that Wike would turn her in so as not to be seen as obstructing police investigation.
While acknowledging the Governor was right to have acted to save a citizen from a situation that was not clear to him, he said having known the reason behind the police operation, he should transfer Nunieh to the police.
Explaining the position of the police on what transpired at Nunieh’s residence on Thursday, the Police chief said: “What actually happened was the IGP Monitoring Unit came in from Abuja on a legitimate duty to invite the ex-MD to Abuja but unfortunately she refused to honour the invitation.
“She instead called the governor, who came to whisk her to the Government House.
“It wasn’t a surprise as such. It depends on the urgency of the matter on ground. It is a serious petition, which needs a serious solution. They came peacefully to invite her but she resisted that invitation.
“We expect the Governor to turn her in because the officers were not on illegal duty. He was right to say that he wanted to protect his citizen but now that he realised that the officers were on legitimate duty, then he should turn her over to the police to continue their investigation, which I believe he will do that.
“She is under suspicion and investigation will show whether she is culpable or not.
But when investigation is being obstructed how do you come up with a conclusive investigation?
“We were there to invite her and normal procedures were followed. They introduced themselves to her, explained their mission to her but she did not cooperate with them only for her to call the Governor, who came into her residence. If she had followed them all these drama could not have arisen”.
Rivers Police chief faults Wike’s ‘rescue’ of ex-NDDC MD
By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt
Rivers Commissioner of Police Joseph Mukan has described the intervention of Governor Nyesom Wike in an incident between the police and a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, on Thursday as unfortunate.
Wike, acting on reports armed policemen barricaded the residence of Nunieh, rushed over and took her into protective custody in Government House.
The Governor boasted he rescued Nunieh from abduction, saying authorities were not aware of the mission of the police operatives, who surrounded the residence.
But Mukan, who reportedly spoke in Port Harcourt, faulted Wike’s action saying he should have handed Nunieh over to him as the chief law enforcement officer in the state.
He said: “It is really unfortunate because under normal circumstance if his Excellency is saying that he went to rescue her, under normal circumstsnce, he is supposed to turn her over to me because i am the Commissioner of Police in the state and I will be in a better position to take her than for him to take her to Governmental House.
“Nobody said you should not protect your citizens but everything should be done within the confines of the law.
” I am the Chief law enfoecment officer of the command. So, if you rescue your citizen, we expect you to turn her over to the police who are in a better position to protect her.”
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