Eight All Progressives Congress, APC, governors, on Thursday, paid a solidarity visit on the Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
They included governors of Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Ekiti, as well as deputy governors of Imo, Zamfara and Nassarawa states.
They told newsmen that they were concerned about the political situation in Rivers State.
The governors advised governor Amaechi to visit President Goodluck Jonathan to present the security situation affecting Rivers State to him.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State said the political crisis was not good for Rivers State.
According to him, “we have met with our brother and chairman of our forum in an extensive discussion and he has briefed us on the situation on ground here.
“We do feel strongly, having listened to him, that it is quite important for him to actually go and brief Mr President, who is our leader and the chief security officer of the country on the very challenging security situation here in Rivers.
“We believe that our chairman and brother will give serious consideration to that particular concern we have expressed to him.
“It is important, as the chief security officer of Rivers, to take the opportunity to go and brief Mr President on the security situation in the state.
“In our discussion with our brother, we talked on the importance for the hierarchy of our police authority, the Inspector General of Police, to help in restoring the confidence of the people of Rivers in police.
“For us, we believe that this is a matter that requires the moral authority of Mr President as well; it is about saving the democracy; it is about ensuring that peace reigns in Rivers”.
They called on the Inspector General of Police should do all within his powers to arrest the ugly security situation in the state.
“The tension in Rivers is avoidable and we want all parties to sheath their sword and to help restore the peace and security of the state’’, the APC governors noted.
It could be recalled that four Northern governors also visited Governor Amaechi on a similar solidarity visit barely 48 hours ago.
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