The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the alleged withdrawal of the chief security officer (CSO) to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Monday.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by the party’s spokesman Dayo Adeyeye said Wike had raised the alarm of the alleged plot by “enemies”, led by the Federal Government, to murder him.
The statement said: “A serious indication was the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State, Mr. Folusho Adebanjo, working on orders of desperate APC-led Federal Government, to withdraw more than 70 per cent security personnel detailed to the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt.
“Wike had written two letters to the inspector-general of Police (IGP) reporting this obvious breach of his constitutional rights, which have received no response. Instead, the CSO, who happens to be the governor’s No. 1 line of defence was withdrawn as the reply from the IGP.
“This latest development has confirmed that the former Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, in collaboration with his party’s led Federal Government and its security agencies, have finalised plans to assassinate the governor of Rivers State. This is despicable and a complete affront and declaration of war on Rivers people, using the apparatus of state.
“This has again confirmed the serious desperation of All Progressives Congress (APC) to win elections at all cost with no single consideration for the lives of Nigerians.
“It is common knowledge that since the inception of this government, the APC leaders have approached elections in the country with different rigging methods.
“For the record, APC used “inconclusive elections” to rig Kogi, Nasarawa, Imo and some other by-elections but failed in Bayelsa and Rivers states.
“In Edo State, APC, in collaboration with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies, postponed the election on the pretext of security threats to perfect their rigging plans which they successfully implemented during the poll.
“The latest was the Ondo State governorship election, which APC again deployed another method to rig in advance by causing Justice Okon Abang of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court and INEC to delist the name of our candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, for three weeks, thereby incapacitating him from campaigning and selling the manifesto of our party to the electorate in Ondo State.
“On the forthcoming Rivers rerun, they have shifted and delayed the elections for no genuine reasons.
“The new method being applied by the APC against the Rivers rerun is the withdrawal of the security detail of the governor to expose him to the danger of assassination and possibly intimidate him to succumb to their rigging plans.
“This is not acceptable, and if anything happens to …Wike, his family or any of our party members or supporters in Rivers State, Rivers people and, indeed Nigerians, should hold Amaechi and his party leaders responsible…”
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