The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has described as ludicrous and cheap blackmail the allegation by the Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in the state and a former Minister of Transportation, Abiye Sekibo, and some of his associates that the state government recently sent thugs to attack them.
Wike spoke on Sunday at the special dedication service for the Rivers State PDP 2023 General Election Campaigns Rallies, which held at St. Paulโs Anglican Church, Port Harcourt.
“Some people are saying we sent thugs to attack them. You see, when people see failure, they will begin to plan excuses”, Wike said.
He further said: “These are people all of us know our background and how we have won election in our various local government.
“I remember one of them during the last election could not even go to his local government. He ran down to Port Harcourt and stayed with me.
“Instead of you to tell your principal, this will be difficult for me, you are giving excuses.”
The governor who declared that he has never engaged in any act of political violence in all his political career, called on those who might be planning to forment trouble in Rivers to think twice.
He said: “Anybody who knows me know, that I have never been violent. If I am violent, I wonโt go to court. But we know those who planted killings in this state when they were Secretary to government. We know them, but that killing will not happen again in the state.
“We will not give you the opportunity to try it again”.
Wike said the reason that Sekibo and his associates are unhappy with him is because he refused to support their political ambitions.
