Photos: Tinubu Visits Senator Magnus Abe In London Hospital

National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday visited Senator Magnus Abe who was shot by a overzealous policeman in Port Harcourt last Sunday with suspected rubber bullet in his chest. Tinubu was at the hospital to see things for himself and assured Senator Abe that Nigerians are praying for him.

Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Police Affairs has commenced immediate investigation into the rascally act of the Rivers State police command led by CP Joseph Mbu. The senators in the Committee started a fact finding mission into the unfortunate attack on innocent citizens by interrogating CP Joseph Mbu...

The policemen were reported to have fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the group at the premises of the Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Rumuola in Port Harcourt.

The Senate committee, led by its chairman, Senator Igwe Paulinus Nwagu, arrived in Port Harcourt, the state capital and paid and headed to the State Police Command, where they met the commissioner of police, Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu, and later went to Government House, Port Harcourt, where they met with the chief of staff to the governor, Hon. Tony Okocha. 

The committee also visited the State College of Arts and Science, in Port Harcourt, and the premises of a new generation church located within the vicinity, where most people, who were caught in the shooting, ran into for the safety of their lives.

Senator Abe, who is the chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), was reportedly shot twice with rubber bullets by policemen on Sunday, as they disrupted a pro-Governor Amaechi rally.

The Senate committee said they will take a decisive action on the situation in Rivers State once and for all.