At Last: Rivers State Police Commissioner Joseph Mbu Removed

Joseph Mbu, who has had a controversial career as Rivers State Commissioner of Police, has been removed from his post, a source at police headquarters in Abuja has informed Sahara Reporters. The source said the commissioner is expected to leave his post at the end of this week. However, the source added that the police hierarchy has made no public announcement of Mr. Mbu’s removal.

The removal of CP Mbu, known to be a crony of Patience Jonathan, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, is coming on the heels of threats by the leading opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) to block all executive bills by President Jonathan until the political crisis believed to be instigated in Rivers State by the President and his wife is resolved.

As he sensed his planned removal from Rivers State, CP Mbu had placed adverts in a national newspaper to congratulate the Inspector General of Police Muhammed Abubakar. But those tricks did not work...

A police source told SaharaReporters that, barring any last-minute interference by President Jonathan, Mbu will be sent to the National Institute for Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Jos as a face-saving measure.

Mbu has been accused of working to undermine Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, a political foe to President Jonathan.

The controversial commissioner had often provided cover to members of the political opposition in Rivers State who have sought to cause violence in the state by attempting to hijack the state assembly in an illicit bid to impeach Amaechi using a man who said Patience Jonathan is his "Jesus Christ".