Rivers rerun violence: Wike inaugurates commission of inquiry

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Rivers State governor,  Mr Nyesom Wike inaugurating the Justice Chinwendu-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the killings  and violence  during the December 10 rerun/supplementary  elections at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday.
  
(Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has  inaugurated  the  Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the killings/violence that attended the rerun/supplementary elections on December 10, 2016 in the state.
Inaugurating the commission of inquiry on Thursday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Governor Wike charged the commission to find out the number of those killed and who was responsible for  their deaths.
He also charged the Judicial Commission of Inquiry to ascertain the names of those who were killed.
The governor stated that it is not within the purview of the Commission to investigate how the elections  were conducted.
He said: "This Judicial Commission of Inquiry is not to investigate how they conducted their elections. You are to investigate the murders that attended the elections.
"Those involved in the killings will face the full weight of the law. This government has the capacity to follow through."
He called on members of the commission to stand by the truth and be courageous in the discharge of their assignment.
Responding, Chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, said that the commission  would discharge  its assignment  within the confines of the law.
The judicial commission of inquiry has the following  terms of reference: ▪Investigate the remote and immediate causes of the violence during the December 10, 2016 rerun/supplementary elections in Rivers State.
▪Identify the perpetrators of the various acts of violence and killings in the aforesaid election.
▪Identify  the victims of the violence including those killed.
▪Identify if property was damaged and the value of any such property.
▪Determine if the violence was localised to specific areas within the state or was state-wide.
▪Make appropriate recommendations concerning their findings or any other òrecommendations as the commission may consider appropriate in the  circumstance and ▪Submit its report to the Governor of Rivers State within onemonth  from the  date of its sitting.

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