The Rivers State Government has condemned as provocative and
irresponsible a statement made by the Acting National Chairman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Segun Oni, who claimed that Governor
Nyesom Wike was responsible for the recent violence in Rivers State.
In a statement released by the Rivers State Commissioner for
Information and Communication, Dr Austin Tam-George, the State Government denied any involvement in the cult-related violence that has claimed some lives in certain sections of the state.
Dr Tam-George said the APC’s reckless and false allegations were part
of a plan to incite the military and other security forces against the
people of Rivers State. ‘It is a crude plan to militarize the state and
use the security forces to steal the results of the forthcoming re-run
elections’, the commissioner said.
Dr Tam-George said investigations by the Rivers State police command
have since revealed that the recent deaths arose from retributive
attacks launched by rival cult gangs fighting for supremacy. The police
have since arrested some key culprits who have made useful statements,
the commissioner emphasized.
"The attempt by the APC to appropriate every dead person in River State as their member might mean that the APC is in fact the sponsor of these satanic cult clashes, all in an attempt to destabilize the Wike administration," the commissioner said
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