Federal lawmakers from Rivers State said on Tuesday that a parallel task force set up on the orders of the Inspector General of Police in the state could lead to the breakdown of law and order.
The lawmakers, under the aegis of Rivers State National Assembly caucus, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja.They claimed that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr John Mukam, acting under the instructions of the Inspector-General of Police, set up a parallel task force in the guise of a technical committee to ensure movement of agricultural products and other essential items into Rivers State.
“Since he has not, it is well to hold that the action was actually his effort and intendment and hence this press interaction. It added, “It is essentially antithetical to and a reversal of the aims and purposes of the COVID-19 inter-state lockdown and measures to curb the pandemic thereto.
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