Sitting Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has accused the Buhari led Federal Government of allegedly planning his assassination.
Wike also alleged that the federal government was also planning to murder many other people asides himself in the state in its quest to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state.
The number one citizen of Rivers state made these allegations while he granted an interview to a reporter from the Premium Times and also vowing to resist every attempt by the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) to rig the governorship election in the state like they allegedly did in Ekiti state.
According to Wike;
“It won’t happen in my state, but I know they will kill a lot of persons. I can tell you they will kill a lot of us. No problem, this is the sacrifice we have to make for democracy to thrive. Even those who will kill also know they have children, they don’t know who will come after their own children. You can be a major-general, you kill people, you don’t know who will come after your children tomorrow.
Everybody must be ready to make sacrifices, and in doing this it could take your life. That’s life!
I have told my wife and children, this is where we have found ourselves. This is a bloodthirsty government. I see myself that I may not be alive. It is obvious. The government is determined, they have made up their mind, but we are ready to die. We must stand up for the truth.
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They have the instrument of coercion, they can send in the army to overrun a place. This is a government that doesn’t care; it is not a democratic government, it is a dictatorship in civilian uniform. I do know that I may not likely be alive. But should I be cowed when I know that my time will come when it will come?
Look, my attorney-general came to see me and I told him that he has to travel out for medical check-up. And he died, I never saw him again. Did you know he would die? Death will come when it will come. We must face reality, and that’s the point we have reached in this country. Whether you are in your house, the government will come after you, whether you are in the kitchen the government will come after you, whether you are in the office the government will come after you.
This government is out to eliminate people who say no. And that is why I keep saying that the international community is not doing enough, by now they should have revoked the visa of some of the people who are opposed to democratic rule and rule of law in this country. This government is bent on eliminating key opposition leaders.”
Governor Wike further alleged a plot by the federal government to use security forces to disrupt the 2019 governorship election in the state just like what happened during the local government elections.
He said certain key personnel had already been appointed for the job such as the newly promoted commissioner of police in Rivers state as well as the former commissioner of police who became an assistant inspector general.
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