I never sent hoodlums to destroy properties- Bayelsa CP

The Bayelsa state commissioner of police,  Mr. Uche Anozia has denied the allegation by the immediate past governor,  Mr. Seriake Dickson that he sent  hoodlums to attack his Yenagoa residence after the Supreme Court voided the governorship victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on February 13.

Reacting to the allegation in Yenagoa, the police chief said the allegation came to him as an embarrassment adding that having worked cordially with the former governor, nothing could have warranted him to stoop so low to the point of sending hoodlums to attack his house.

“With due respect to the office and person of the ex-governor of Bayelsa state, l had worked with him harmoniously and dispassionately.

“Basically, the duty of the police is to maintain law and order and protection of lives and property. On the 13th of February when the Supreme Court reversed the victory of the APC, there was an eruption of violence and the police went out to control the violence.

“I personally went out, moving from one point to another to restore peace and order in Yenagoa. After the first phase of patrol, I was here in my office with the 16 Brigade Commander and the DSS director when we received a distress call that the governor’s house was being attacked and the three of us left to find out.

“We have to find out where the governor’s house was located because aside from the governor’s house in his village, Toru-orua and the government house, I do not know where his other houses or house was located.

“Through information, we got the house and discovered that some destruction by some hoodlums took place. So, I couldn’t have directed anybody to go and destroy properties or kill.

“Therefore, this particular information is bitter to the taste and repugnant to my hearing. I never did that and will not do so. I do my job basically with the fear of God. I was properly brought up at home.”

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