FOLLOWING the free-for-all that took
place in the chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, the state
Police Command has declared the Majority Leader, Mr. Chidi Lloyd,
wanted.
Lloyd was on Wednesday declared wanted
for his involvement in a case of conspiracy, attempted murder, wounding
and willful damage on Monday last week.
The lawmaker, representing Emohua State
Constituency, was caught in a video footage hitting a member of the
House of Assembly, Mr. Michael Chinda, several times with a mace during
the fracas in the Assembly.
Chinda, whose health condition became
worse after the incident, had since been flown abroad for proper medical
attention. He represents Obio/Akpor Constituency II in the State House
of Assembly.
The injured legislator was one of the
five lawmakers that attempted to impeach the Speaker of the State House
of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Amachree.
In a statement by the state Police
Public Relations, Mrs. Angela Agabe, the command explained that Lloyd
was declared wanted after he failed to honour the invitation of the
police, which elapsed on July 16, 2013.
“The Rivers State Police Command has
declared wanted one Honorable Chidi Lloyd (male); a native of Emohua
Local Government Area of Rivers State. He is the Majority Leader of the
Rivers State House of Assembly.
“He (Lloyd) was involved in a case of
conspiracy, attempted murder, wounding and willful damage on the 9th of
July, 2013,” the command’s statement read.
The crime, according to the statement,
is being investigated by a special team from the Inspector General of
Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, in collaboration with the State Criminal
Investigative Department, Rivers State Command.
It noted that the lawmaker was last seen
at the Rivers State House of Assembly on July 9, 2013 and called on any
person or group of persons with information of Lloyd’s whereabouts to
call 0808088890 or 08033277007.
Reacting to the development, the State
Peoples Democratic Party described police declaration of Lloyd wanted as
a welcome development.
A statement by the Special Adviser,
Media, to the State PDP Chairman, Mr. Jerry Needam, urged the Police to
also arrest and investigate the Aide-de-Camp and Chief Security Officer
to the state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
However, the Deputy Speaker of the State
House of Assembly, Mr. Leyii Kwanee, expressed dissatisfaction with the
decision of the police to declare Lloyd wanted.
Kwanee, who spoke in a telephone interview with The PUNCH on Wednesday, said the fracas in the state House of Assembly was not the first.
The deputy speaker recalled that
lawmakers had fought in the National Assembly in the past without the
police declaring anybody wanted.
In a related development, the Force
Headquarters, Abuja, has summoned Lloyd; the ADC to the Rivers State
Governor, Debeware-Semeikumo; and the Chief Security Officer to the
Governor, Tony Iwelu, for interrogation.
They are to report to the Force Criminal
Investigation Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja, for interrogation
for their roles in the Assembly mayhem as seen in the video clips in
circulation, according to the police.
Lloyd is one of the members of the House loyal to the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
The PUNCH had exclusively
reported on Monday that Amaechi’s ADC had been summoned for
interrogation by the Force Headquarters for engaging in a brawl with a
member of the state assembly as captured in a video.
A statement by the Deputy Force Public
Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Wednesday stated that the men were
invited to obtain further details that would assist proper investigation
into the matter.
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