RIVERS - Governor Nyesom Wike has accused the Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the GOC of 6 Division, Nigeria Army of masterminding the mass arrest of innocent Nigerians and prominent PDP members in Rivers State.
According to Governor Wike, the essence of the arrests is to precipitate a crisis and cause the INEC to postpone the elections in the state.
Wike also noted that the Minister will seek to use the vacuum created by the absence of arrested leaders and rig the governorship election and force a candidate of his choice against the will of the people.
The governor made the accusation through the Commissioner for Information and Communications Emma Okah.
His claims come on the heels of the alleged arrest of the State Commissioner for Education Dr. Tamunosisi Gogo Jaja and his family by soldiers in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
Rivers State Government has accused the Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the GOC of 6 Division, Nigeria Army of masterminding the mass arrest of innocent Nigerians and prominent PDP members in the State.
The essence of the arrests is to precipitate a crisis and cause the INEC to postpone the elections in Rivers State. Failing this, the Minister will use the vacuum created by the absence of arrested leaders and rig the governorship election and force a candidate of his choice against the will of the people.
The State made this accusation through the Commissioner for Information and Communications Emma Okah following the arrest of the State Commissioner for Education Dr. Tamunosisi Gogo Jaja and his family by soldiers this evening in Port Harcourt.
We have been saying it repeatedly that the Minister of Transportation has been commanding the army in Port Harcourt to do unprofessional things and the crisis are spreading.
He has been boasting that he has brought soldiers from Sokoto and other states to carry out his political agenda of disrupting or rigging elections on Saturday.
According to the statement, any arrested person would be kept behind bars till after the governorship elections in the State.
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