Cancel your
plans to sponsor protests against flag-off of UNEP cleanup – APC tells Gov.
Wike
The Rivers State
Chapter of All Progressives Congress [APC] said it has come to its attention that
the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has concluded plans to sponsor PDP
members, tugs and hoodlums to protest and disrupt the visit of President
Muhammadu Buhari to Rivers State to flag off the UNEP cleanup of Ogoniland on
Thursday, 2nd June, 2016.
The APC in a statement
signed by its spokesman, Senibo Chris Finebone and made available to NF-Reports
said, “it has also come to our notice that the protesters will disguise as
citizens who have been mobilised to give Mr. President a rousing welcome on his
visit before they will turn on their protests with placards and dangerous
weapons with the singular purpose of embarrassing Mr. President, Rt. Hon.
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Magnus Abe, Dr. Dakuku Peterside and the All
Progressives Congress, APC, amongst others.”
“Indeed, the APC finds
it curious that Gov. Nyesom Wike will claim to mobilise his party members to
welcome President Buhari, the same person he has repeatedly spoken about
derogatorily in the past. The only reason Gov. Wike would engage in his planned
subterfuge can only be to score a cheap political point due to his desperation
for political advantage in Ogoniland - something way out of his reach under a
peaceful atmosphere” the statement explained
The APC noted that it
was solely political desperation that drove the governor to hurriedly flag-off
the dualisation of Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono Road last week to deceive
Nigerians that Wike cares about Ogoni people after sponsoring militants to kill
them, adding that “the fraud behind the Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono Road has
been uncovered as the governor deliberately refused to mention that the project
is in phases. He also cunningly went silent on the number of kilometres of the
road is covered in the phase 1 of the project he flagged off, just to deceive
the people of Tai, Gokana, Khana, Opobo/Nkoro and Andoni LGAs.”
The APC urged the
governor not to push his luck too far as there will obviously be grave
consequences if he insists on over-reaching himself along the line he has
chosen as he will be held responsible for any breach of the law, order and
further undermining of the fragile peace of the State at this time.
“But if the governor
insists on sponsoring people to disrupt the flag-off with the purpose of
embarrassing Mr. President and others, we wish him the best of luck” the
statement concluded.
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