Uchendu Mark – Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has approved the dissolution of the State task force on illegal street trading and motor parks with immediate effect.
Consequently, the Special Assistant to the Governor in charge of the task force, Bright Amaewhule has been relieved of his appointment.
Members of the task force are hereby directed to return the operational vehicles and Identity Cards of the body to the Office of the Secretary to State Government not later than 4p.m tomorrow, Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
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In a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication Paulinus Nsirim, the taskforce will be paid their salaries as they return the vehicles and Identity Cards and will reconstitute the task force after proper orientation and training .
Earlier angry youths had attacked and destroyed an operational vehicle of the Rivers State task force on street trading, illegal markets and motor parks for causing an accident involving a pregnant woman at Agip junction in Port Harcourt.
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it was gathered that the task force were chasing a commercial bus driver who drove against traffic, when they hit the vehicle of a heavily pregnant women causing her to lose control of her steering wheel and rammed into a nearby electric pole, injuring two Police women controlling traffic.
The pregnant woman who drove a Toyota Camry, after the accident, sustained severe injuries and was rushed unconscious to a nearby hospital who later died while the two police women legs were crushed by the vehicle.
An eyewitness at the scene who identified herself as Peace said men of the taskforce scampered instead of helping the victims, a move which stirred anger, resulting in the destruction of the taskforce operational truck.
