The Rivers State Government has flayed the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Rivers South East Senatorial District in the March re-run polls in Rivers State, Senator Margnus Abe over his comments at a campaign rally in Bori, that “Governor Nyesom Wike was marginalizing Ogoni people.”
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George, said Senator Abe’s comment was not only inciting but part of APC’s strategy of causing chaos in order to destabilize the state.
Dr. Tam-George called on the people of Ogoni to ignore Senator Abe’s inciting comment, but to support the Wike administration to succeed.
The Commissioner said the Wike administration had no intension to marginalize the Ogonis or any part of Rivers State, but is totally committed to the development of the State.
He said the Rivers State Government decried the ‘over-zealousness and desperation of APC politicians in the State who have resorted to crude measures and deceptive strategies in advancing their “fundamentalist” course.’
The Rivers State Government attributed the brewing political tension in Ogoni and some parts of the State ahead of the March re-run polls to the alleged desperation and extremist tendencies of the APC, and called on security operatives to operate within the ambit of the law and not allow partisan politics to mire their professional duties.
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