Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Obuah has called for the arrest of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi following the recent clash between the Minister’s security aides and those of the state Governor, Nyesom Nwike in Port Harcourt.

Obuah said the Minister should be arrested for unauthorized use of siren and for contravening traffic rules that led to the ugly incident.

The PDP chieftain, in a statement in Port Harcourt, also rejected Police report on the clash, accusing the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris of planning to dismiss the Governor's outrider, having detained him among hardened criminals in the aftermath of the incident.

He called for disciplinary measures against the Minister to serve as a deterrent to other people in positions of authority.

Obuah described as despicable, "Amaechi's affront against a duly elected Governor," stating that it "must not be treated as another piece of drama to fascinate impressionable minds, neither should it be taken as mere cajole as the Police are trying to do."

He further stressed that “This is a very serious issue, that a man so highly placed in this country even though he is undeserving of the position could descend so low as to knock down a Governor’s outrider in the middle of the road. Yet the Police call it mere infraction between two prominent personalities in the state.

"Nigerians are watching particularly in light of all manner of atrocities and wanton waste of innocent lives by certain members of the Police Force, particularly the federal SARS under the IGP in Rivers State," Obuah said.

According to the statement, thehe PDP vehemently rejected the Policeolice report by Mr. Zaki Ahmed, Rivers State Commissioner of Police on the matter, describing it as "misleading and lies from the pit of hell."

The statement also claimed that the report read to Journalists by the CP was written by Mr. Akin Fakorede, the SARS Commander in Rivers State, who the PDP described as an ally of Amaechi.

The PDP expressed regret that under the APC-led Federal Government, the Nigerian Police are being manipulated by Amaechi and the APC against members of the PDP.