Officers who attempted to arrest Nunieh on legitimate duty, say Rivers Police

The River State Police Command has asked Wike to handover the ex-NDDC boss for criminal investigation. According to the command's boss, Mukan, there was serious criminal allegation leveled against her by an undisclosed petitioner.

Speaking in Port Harcourt yesterday during a media chat, the Police boss said he had met with the governor to demand the release Nunieh to the Police for interrogation to determine whether she was culpable or not of the allegation against her.

Mukan reiterated that the policemen who stormed Nunieh’s residence in the early hours of Thursday were actually on legitimate duty, saying the governor is obliged to turn in Nunieh, because he cannot protect her from Police investigation.

Speaking on the legitimacy of the policemen who went to Nunieh's residence, Command’s spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, made the clarification in a statement in Port Harcourt.

He explained that the Police operatives were from the Inspector General of Police’s (IGP) Monitoring Team, with the support of the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Joseph Mukan.

Recall that On Thursday, it was claimed that over 50 policemen had invaded Nunieh residence in Port Harcourt and broke the back door in an attempt to arrest her, but to no avail.

Governor Nyesom Wike later drove to her residence to rescue her to the Government House, where she is taking refuge.