Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has vowed to reject another CSO especially one he doesn’t know or give approval.
Gov Wike told the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim that the withdrawal of his Chief Security Officer (CSO) had exposed his life to danger.
Speaking at a recent meet with the IGP, Wike said: “The moment you touch my chief security officer, you are telling me that you are ready for me. As I sit here, I am empty, I have no protection.
”What you have done is the highest disrespect to the Office of the Governor,” he said.
The Gov also pleaded with the IGP to return his CSO, saying that he would not be able to take anyone.
“I am pleading with you, my life is very important; I will not take any chief security officer you bring to me that I don’t know. This is a matter of security and protection, it is not what you do with levity.”
”This is a matter of security and protection, it is not what you do with levity.” Wike said that the IGP did not consult him before redeploying the CSO.
Wike said that the IGP did not consult him before redeploying the CSO.
The governor said that he was shocked by a statement released by the Office of the Inspector-General of Police, saying that his CSO was withdrawn for misconduct. He told the IGP that, on the contrary, the CSO only stopped an APC crowd from invading the government house.
