Wike’s desperation resulted in several deaths in Rivers – Peterside

The Director General of Nigerian Administration and
Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, says the
desperation of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Wike to become governor at all cost has “led to
loss of many lives and destruction of properties” in
the state.
Peterside said since Wike assumed power, there
has been wanton destruction of property and death
of people including security operatives across the
state.
He described Wike as an “embarrassment” to the
interest of the people of the state.
Peterside said this while reacting to the dismissal
of some police operatives by the Nigerian Police
Force over their alleged involvement in the
December rerun election in the state.
Recall that the Nigeria Police Force, had on January
6, 2016, dismissed an Inspector and five sergeants
attached to Wike for engaging in unprofessional
acts during the just concluded rerun in the state.
In a statement he personally signed, the former
governorship candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, said Wike was out to give the state
a “bad name and rubbish the achievement of her
founding fathers.”
The APC Chieftain expressed deep reservations
over the “unbecoming attitude of Governor
Wike,”stressing that he has “serially compromised
security in the state and has been allegedly
involved in several electoral malpractices.”
He called on Wike to, “do some soul searching and
reconcile himself with what should truly represent
his direction and motive for governing the state. He
is virtually in the news for all the wrong reasons.”
The statement reads further, “What manner of a
man is Wike, his desperation to become governor at
all cost led to loss of many lives and destruction of
properties. Since becoming governor, it has been
bad news all the way. Many people, including
security personnel have been murdered in different
parts of the state. Now, policemen have been
dismissed from service all because of the
inordinate ambition of one man.
“How can the governor of a state force his way into
INEC collation centre and under heavy intimidation,
harassment and threat to life, force the returning
officer to declare a winner when the results of
Emohua and Etche local government areas have not
been collated.
“He clearly had no business storming the collation
centre with policemen and his thugs. He took his
immunity to a ridiculous level, thus endangering the
lives of people and career of security personnel.
“Here is a governor who cries at every given
opportunity, yet he is the one compromising every
known government institution to serve to selfish
ambition. Never have we had a governor who is so
unsure of himself and what he says.
“Not too long ago, he told Rivers people not to
participate in the probe panel set up by Inspector
General of Police, but the same governor is now
crying to Police IG to reveal those behind the killing
of two policemen during the rerun election. Same
man who vowed not to fund security agencies in
the state again is now the one saying he is ready
to support them. How do you associate Rivers
people with such a man who is not
straightforward?”