Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Ezenwo Wike has lamented that people were being slaughtered on daily basis
across Nigeria because the Federal Government does not care about the
protection of lives and property.
Wike was reacting to a statement
credited to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over the
governor’s revelation that there was a plot by the Federal Government to
assassinate him in a crowd.
Mohammed, had on Wednesday said
Governor Wike would have been arrested a long time ago, if not for immunity
enjoyed by Governors.
The Minister said immunity was
the reason Wike was not already answering questions on the allegation.
“As to the question about the
allegation by the Governor of Rivers State that he has information that he will
be assassinated by the federal government in a crowd, I think one of the
beauties of being a governor is that you enjoy immunity from prosecution and
arrest,” he had said.
Reacting, Wike said it was
unfortunate that the Federal Government will trivialize an issue of that
sensitive nature.
Governor Wike said because the
Federal Government has relegated the sanctity of human lives, that is why they
give conflicting reasons for the security challenges that have led to wanton
killings in different parts of the country.
“They don’t care about the issue
of the protection of lives and property. That is why people are killed in their
numbers everyday.
“But I will not be slaughtered
easily. They will not succeed in their plot”, Governor Wike told newsmen in
Port Harcourt last night.
He said that there were laid down
constitutional processes of handling weighty issues of that nature, pointing
out that it was unfortunate that the Federal Government has deliberately
refused to follow the constitutional path.
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