Governor Amechi might have bought the Rivers State house, the senators representing the state at the national level but certainly not the people of Rivers state as they match out en mass to show their solidarity to President Jonathan government and the state commissioner of police.
Thousands of youths from the four local government areas of Rivers State that make up Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality, on Tuesday, threatened to shut down the Port Harcourt International Airport, if the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, was redeployed to another state.
The protesters, who carried placards and sang songs of praises for the CP, had blocked a portion of the busy Port Harcourt-Aba-Enugu road for an hour.
The youths also warned that they would not hesitate to shut down other entry points to the state from Ikwerre, oil wells and flow stations within the four local government areas.
While travellers going to Aba, Enugu and Umuahia were stranded for an hour as a result of the heavy traffic build-up, others coming into Port Harcourt could not get to their destination as a result of the huge crowd on the expressway.
Some of the protesters' placards read, 'With Mbu, no more political assassination'; 'Ikwerre disowns Amaechi'; 'IG, they will kill us all if you transfer Mbu'; 'No CP Mbu, no International Airport'; 'Mbu is needed in Rivers more than ever' and 'Jonathan government is the best'.
The four local government areas that make up the Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality are Port Harcourt, Emohua, Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre.
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