According to C. JoyBell C, “The downfall of the attempts of governments and leaders to unite mankind is found in this- in the wrong message that we should see everyone as the same. This is the root of the failure of harmony. Because the truth is, we should not all see everyone as the same! We are not the same! We are made of different colours and we have different cultures. We are all different! But the key to this door is to look at these differences, respect these differences, learn from and about these differences, and grow in and with these differences. We are all different. We are not the same. But that's beautiful. And that's okay.In the quest for unity and peace, we cannot blind ourselves and expect to be all the same. Because in this, we all have an underlying belief that everyone should be the same as us at some point. We are not on a journey to become the same or to be the same. But we are on a journey to see that in all of our differences, that is what makes us beautiful as a human race, and if we are ever to grow, we ought to learn and always learn some more.”
Misunderstanding between the Police and the Governor of Rivers State is taking a progressive dimension now as Amaechi complied and allowed Police do their job professionally as desired by the Police Commissioner, Mbu. Unlike the January 12, 2004, rally of the Save Rivers Movement (SRM) where many political thugs were hired by the organisers, the members of the political group now comport themselves as law abiding citizens and the whole occasion went peacefully for both Amaechi and APC.
The inaugurations of the pro-Amaechi political group, SRM in Bori on January 25, 2014, was peaceful. The SRM formally requested for police protection and the Rivers State Police Command officially acknowledge receiving their letter of request and subsequently provided adequate security for the occasion. The group complied with the instruction of the Commissioner of Police and every participant including who-is-who at the occasion were properly screened by the police. Interestingly, the whole environment was secured and the event went peacefully.
This new development shows that police protection is better than armed political thugs no matter how much the governor hates the CP. The good policing services that the people of Bori enjoyed at this occasion also made the anti-Mbu or anti-Police in the state give kudos to the CP.
Obviously, more progress will be attained when people comply with standard of security agencies in the state in order to serve them better. And for the first time as well, there was no media noise over police insisting that there must be no security breach. Sometimes, one might not know a man so well judging him from afar.
Even though it has taken this long before the governor understands that the CP means serious policing services, there is still time to make up by maintaining peace and harmony. It is glaring that with the cooperation of the politicians in government to comply with security standard, Rivers State will become more peaceful and there will be progress.
The people of Rivers State recounted their experience in 2006 and 2007 when so much lives were lost and the state experienced a serious set back economically, socially, etc. Today, they appreciate the police and respect the commitment of Mbu to have endured this far for the world to understand that he will not compromise professional policing for whatever reason, even if the person he is supposed to work with misunderstood his job ideology.
Police were everywhere.
Everybody was screened and ensured no dangerous weapon or object is brought to the venue to avoid security breach by criminals.
The Area Commander Bori giving instructions.
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