SSS Quizzes Amaechi’s CSO Over Security Breach.

The chief security officer, CSO, of the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, is now being quizzed for allegedly allowing the governor to visit the Rivers State Assembly while the legislators were embroiled in violent fisticuffs. LEADERSHIP also learnt the State Security

Service, SSS, has invited him to explain why he should not be punished for exposing the governor to danger.

Amaechi reportedly visited the State Assembly in the heat of the fracas that erupted there on Tuesday: some of the legislators used dangerous weapons to attack their colleagues.

A competent source close to the SSS told LEADERSHIP FRIDAY that the CSO acted unprofessionally by not dissuading the governor from going to the state Assembly at a time his life could not be guaranteed.

The source disclosed that the SSS was considering recalling and reprimanding him for negligence. According to him, part of the duty of the CSO of a governor is to advise him on appropriate security measures to adopt during any pandemonium.

Efforts to get confirmation from the SSS failed as spokesman Ms Marilyn Ogar’s phone could not be reached. A senior officer who however pleaded anonymity disclosed that the Service was planning a serious reprimand for the CSO, saying that his action embarrassed the Service and the nation.


Source: Leadership