Nigeria:
Information reaching us revealed that a Rivers State Senator who was reportedly shot with a rubber bullet and teargas cannisters by some men of the Nigerian Police Force in Rivers state on Sunday, January 12th 2013, is on his way to London for further treatment.
According to information gathered, the Senator identified as Magnus Abe had gone to supervise the preparations for a peaceful rally organized by a non governmental association known as the Save Rivers Movement at Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when the incident occurred at about 9.00 am on Sunday. Some Policemen disrupted the rally by firing tear-gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
Dr Mckay Anyanwu, Medical Director of Krisany Hospital, where Abe was rushed to for treatment, told newsmen that the senator was brought to the hospital in a state of shock caused by low blood pressure.
“He was unable to talk or eat, and he was feeling restless as a result of traumatic shock. The implication is that there is haemorrhage; this is a blood trauma, it is not a sharp one,’’ he said.
Dr. Anyanwu said that the senator’s chest was hit with an object that might have caused internal bleeding therefore necessitating his transfer to the UK for better medical care.
The Rivers Police Command however denied that its members hot the Senator, they insist that minimum force was applied in dispersing rally goers at the state’s College of Arts and Sciences because they did not obtain police permit before the gathering.
Its spokesman, Ahmad Muhammad, however told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that the Police did not dispense any bullet while dispersing a rally by Save Rivers Movement on Sunday.
"I can confirm to you that Sen. Magnus Abe was not shot. The police did not expend any single bullet while dispersing the crowd. It is not true. The police didn't shoot the senator, we only used minimum force to disperse the crowd at the venue of the rally,’’ he said.
Its spokesman, Ahmad Muhammad, however told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that the Police did not dispense any bullet while dispersing a rally by Save Rivers Movement on Sunday.
"I can confirm to you that Sen. Magnus Abe was not shot. The police did not expend any single bullet while dispersing the crowd. It is not true. The police didn't shoot the senator, we only used minimum force to disperse the crowd at the venue of the rally,’’ he said.
It was gathered that Senator Magnus Abe who represents Rivers South-East Senatorial district in the National Assembly, has been on a canvass for the immediate redeployment of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, over his questionable involvement in the Rivers crisis.
"We will not enjoy security without development,
we will not enjoy development without security,
and we will not enjoy either without respect for
human rights."- Former UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
we will not enjoy development without security,
and we will not enjoy either without respect for
human rights."- Former UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
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