REVEALED: Real reason why Gov. Amaechi was barred from entering the Government house

The Rivers state police command has
explained the reason for barring the
governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi
from entering his residence through the Forces
Avenue main entrance to the Government House.
The governor who was on Thursday returning from an
inspection tour of projects in the state was barred by gun-
totting policemen who barricaded the entrance.

According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Angela Angela Agabe (DSP), the entrance was blocked as a
measure to prevent a breakdown of law and order after a
splinter group of the Peoples' Democratic Party in the state
opened a secretariat on the same road. All roads leading to
Forces Avenue were immediately closed.
The governor's Chief of Staff, Tony Okocha had earlier led
members of a faction of the PDP to open the secretariat at
38, Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt. The 'secretariat'
was, however, later closed down by the police who were said
to be acting on superior orders.
"You can't do this. Not here. We will not allow it," ordered the
police deputy commissioner, Sam Ogaora, who reportedly led
the police team.
"We will go all out to ensure that we maintain law and order
in this state. Anybody that takes the law into his hands will be
dealt with accordingly. That is exactly what we have done
here. We don't have any secretariat here and anybody who
has come here to hoist any flag will be dealt with. Nothing
more than that," he said.

While explaining the closure, the state police PPRO says the
governor could have made use of other entrances to the
Government House seeing no reason for the ruckus being
generated. "The governor has other routes to get to the
Government House. So I don't see how this should be an
issue," Agabe said.