The Rivers State chapter of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday alleged that the State Governor,
Nyesom Wike is an ally of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
The state arm of the party said
since the proscription of the pro-Biafra group, Wike has been “feeling
vulnerable, disorientated and very bitter especially at the Army.”
APC in the state made the remark
in reaction to the vaccine scare alarm raised by the Commissioner for
Information and Communication in the state, Emma Okah.
However, the party said the alarm
was part of a “well-articulated strategy by the Gov Wike-led Rivers State
Government to ridicule, humiliate, intimidate and demoralise the Nigerian Army,
SARS and other security agencies ahead of the 2019 elections.”
Condemning the, “war of attrition
being levied by Gov. Wike and his government against security agencies in
Rivers State,” the party reiterated the stance of the “Nigerian Army that it
was not conducting any medical outreach in the Niger Delta generally and Port
Harcourt particularly.”
The statement signed by the
party’s State Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone reads,
“The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter, is utterly dismayed
that emerging facts being made available to the party indicate that the
Nigerian Army vaccine scare that was promoted on radio and social media earlier
today (Tuesday) by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and
Communications, Barr. Emma Okah, is part of a well-articulated strategy by the
Gov. Wike-led Rivers State Government to ridicule, humiliate, intimidate and
demoralise the Nigerian Army, SARS and other security agencies ahead of the
2019 elections.
“The APC finds it appalling that
the Rivers State Government led by Gov. Nyesom Wike would concoct outright lies
and falsehood just to score cheap political points by denigrating our respected
men and women of the uniformed and other security services who place their
lives on the line every other day to keep Nigerians safe. This is the worst
form of ingratitude that a government can openly organise against an important
set of citizens who lose their limbs and in some cases lose their lives for the
rest of us.
“While the APC cannot speak for
the police or other security agencies, it behoves on us and indeed other
well-meaning Rivers people to vehemently condemn the war of attrition being
levied by Gov. Wike and his government against security agencies in Rivers
State.
“The fact is that the Army has
made a press release re-stating that it was not conducting any medical outreach
in the Niger Delta generally and Port Harcourt particularly. Independent
investigations also revealed that the Nigerian Army troops were nowhere close
to any school in Rivers State to carry out any medical programme of any sort
despite the false alarm activated by the Rivers State Government.
“The APC insists that Gov. Nyesom
Wike and the PDP in Rivers State must take responsibility for any untoward
outcome that may result from the needless panic mode they have forced innocent
people and residents of Rivers State into today. They must accept
responsibility for the politically-motivated fake news they activated in the
State today and the attendant confusion it has caused law-abiding citizens.
“We call on the Nigerian Army and
other security agencies to recognise the kind of personae the governor
represents and the type of government he runs. We urge our respected men and
women of the security services to rise above the antics of Gov. Wike and his government
officials.
“Particularly, the Army and other
agencies should realise that the dance the Rivers State Government performed
today by creating a hoax to discredit the Nigerian Army is a clear
manifestation of the frustration that the governor and his government have
inflicted on themselves since their major ally (Indigenous People of Biafra –
IPOB) was proscribed. They have since been feeling vulnerable, disorientated
and very bitter especially at the Army. The unnecessary animosity by the Wike
government towards the Army does not represent the feelings of well-meaning
Rivers people.
“We reassure anxious Nigerians
who reside in other parts of the country especially the North that all is calm
and no attacks on any group has resulted from the irresponsible false alarm
raised by the Rivers State Government. This is important to quell the anxious
calls we have been receiving since this morning against the backdrop of the
recent ugly incident in a part of the State.”
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