The police in Rivers on Thursday denied allegations that it used tear gas to disperse newly recruited teachers at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday. The Commissioner of Police,
Mr Joseph Mbu, said at a news briefing that over 18,000 people had thronged the stadium to collect their appointment letters.
"The police did not tear gas new teachers; over 18,000 people thronged the Liberation Stadium. They were deceived to come and collect their letters of appointment.
"When they got there, sheets of cardboard were handed over to them and they were told to write: 'Amaechi for Vice-President'; 'Goodluck Jonathan, respect your agreement'.
"Some of the good ones among them called me, saying 'Oga, something is about to happen here; it is not about appointment letters; there is more to it.
"We are being given placards to write,'' the police chief quoted them as saying.
Mbu said that when a lady (who he did not identify), called that ministry of education; she was told that the letters were not ready.
He also denied some allegations that he was a cultist.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state government in July employed about 13,000 teachers and gave those letters of appointment.
Besides, Mbu said that Bishop Ignatius Kattey, the Anglican Archbishop of Niger Delta Diocese, who was recently kidnapped and released, was aware that he called a series of press conferences prior to his release.
Kattey had alleged at a press conference that he was not rescued by the police, contrary to the claims of the police.
Mbu said that as soon as the cleric was released, the divisional police officer in charge of Eleme visited him about four times, alleging that Kattey refused to see him.
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