Police arrest youth leader, 122 others over attack on Rivers Assembly speaker’s residence

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested the state chapter chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Chijioke Ihunwo, and 122 other youths for allegedly attacking the residence of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule.

Police spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko said in a statement on Wednesday that the youths, led by Ihunwo, stormed the Speaker’s residence on Tuesday with intent to commit a felony.

Iringe-Koko said the youths stormed the speaker’s residence “located at Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt, where they forcefully gained entrance into the speaker’s residence and maliciously damaged the gate of the house”.

She noted that the youths were arrested following a distress call received by the command’s control room, noting that the suspects have been taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Port Harcourt for further investigation.

“While they were carrying out their nefarious activities at the scene, a distress call was received by the control room of the command, and tactical teams were immediately deployed to the scene, where one hundred and twenty-two (122) suspects, including the said Amb. Chijioke Ihunwo were arrested and taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Port Harcourt, for a discrete investigation,” Iringe-Koko said.

The police officers added that the command has also placed adequate security at the State House of Assembly Complex, including the Speaker’s House and other strategic locations and infrastructure in the state, to forestall any ugly incident.