Hired OR True Supporters: Crowd Backs CP Mbu, Wike in Rivers (PHOTO)

Less than two days after mass street protests in Rivers, when the irate youths condemned the alleged assassination attempt on Senator Magnus Abe and called for redeployment of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, some youths alleged to be from Ogoniland took to the streets on January 15, 2014, Wednesday.

The youths staged their protests in Bori, the Headquarters of the Ogoni Ethnic Nationality and Rivers South-East Senatorial District.

The activists protested “the deceit and distortion of facts in the Port Harcourt incident, during which Senator Magnus Abe was said to have been shot by the Police on January 12, 2014, Sunday.

Curiously, they praised Mbu for a job well done.

The protesters, claimed they represent Ogoni Youth Movement, and Federation of Ogoni Youth Leaders Association and drew membership from the various communities of the four Local Government Areas of Eleme, Gokana, Khana, and Tai.

But, according to another version, they were the supporters of the Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The protesters marched from the Senatorial District office of Senator Abe, Bori, though the major streets of the metropolitan city to their final point at the Police Area Command.

Some of the protesters’ placards said:

“Abe is a Liar,” “Magnus Abe was not shot by the Police,” “Ogoni for Goodluck Jonathan,” “Ogoni youths are in support of the Police,” “APC has no place in Ogoni,” “Magnus, show evidence of gun shots,” “Ogoni youths, Elders say Mbu must stay,” “Amaechi and Abe are collaborators in crime and lies,” “Ogonis are for Wike, PDP,” etc.

In speeches at the Police Area Command in Bori, the Youth Leaders who led the procession called on the police, particularly the Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, not to be swayed by what he described as the lies and blackmail of Senator Abe and Governor Amaechi, assuring men and officers of the Police Force of the Ogoni people’s support and confidence. 
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