Hundreds of Houses Belonging to Policemen to be Demolished in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has concluded plans to begin demolition of hundreds buildings belonging to police personnel in the state.
The police authority in the state referred to the buildings as illegal structures erected on police lands.
The notice of demolition dated June 3 and addressed to all officers of buildings at Nimi Okoro police station in Port Harcourt and signed by the police provost Marshall for the state Commissioner of Police.
The document tagged, Notice of Removal of Illegal Structures on the Nigeria Police Land, Rivers State Command, relied on a signal issued in 2004 by the then inspector-general of police.
The demotion notice said: “Your attention is hereby drawn to IGP’s 2004 circular in respect of the illegal struc...