Stories of political killings in Rivers concocted by misguided politicians – Wike

Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has described the reports of massive insecurity and political killings before the rerun elections in the state as stories concocted by misguided politicians to mislead Nigerians.

He claimed that the oil rich state was peaceful, with growth in internally generated revenue, which showed that businesses were thriving and functional.

Speaking on Monday when he granted audience to members of the House of Representatives committee on the army investigating the military invasion of Ogoni communities, Governor Wike said that after the rerun elections the sponsored propaganda reports no longer dominate the media because there were no political killings in the state.

He said, “before the rerun elections, you heard of repeated reports of alleged political killings sponsored by misguided politicians. Now that the elections are over, you no longer see such reports.

“Like every other state, we have our security challenges, but we don’t have political killings. We have cases of cult related violence, but the security agencies are tackling the issue frontally with the support of the Rivers state government.”

In his remarks, the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the army, Rimamde Shawulu Kwewum said that the committee was in the state on a fact finding mission following a petition against the army by the Civil Liberties Organisation, on the killings of Ogoni people in their communities.

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