Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, has advised Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to resign from office and join the ongoing recruitment of policemen by the Police Service Commission (PSC).
He said this would afford the governor the opportunity of actualising his dream of investigating, trying and jailing suspects involved in the alleged printing of fake election result sheets of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Peterside gave the advice in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday, following fresh allegations by Wike that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Zone 6, was allegedly planning to bury the matter by asking that the case be transferred to him.
The Rivers governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general election, wondered when Wike turned to a prosecutor, who determined how a supposedly criminal matter should be dealt with.
The NIMASA boss said, “Wike should be reminded that Rivers people and Nigerians are no fools to be treated to a circus show where a state governor is the complainant, arresting officer and prosecutor and wanting to assume the responsibility of police commissioner.
“He will do well to resign as governor and join the ongoing recruitment into police force. Enough is enough with the antics of an irresponsible governor.”
Peterside recalled that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the build-up to the 2015 general elections, accused the APC of cloning voter’s cards and plotting to hack into INEC database, which eventually proved to be baseless.
He further alleged that Wike ran a government of deceit where everything, including the state budget was shrouded in secrecy.
“Never have we had such a deceitful government in the history of the state. As at today, nobody has a copy of the state budget for 2016, not even members of the House of Assembly.
“Not too long ago, two of his commissioners appeared on a live radio programme and were asked by Rivers people where the state budget is, they admitted not knowing the budget of their respective ministries. Is that not a shame?
“Teachers, pensioners, civil servants, doctors, nurses among others are being owed several months salary, yet the deceitful government continues to claim no worker is being owed. Nobody in Rivers state knows the value of projects awarded by Wike. He just wakes up and awards projects the way he likes.”
The APC chieftain assured that the party will win any free, fair and credible election in the state, as “the party is well grounded and has the candidates who are widely accepted and responsible.”
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