Politics
Ogonis In Diaspora Berate Buhari Over Claim on Rivers
Members of the
Ogoni Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Diaspora have described a statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari alleging that Rivers State is the most violent state in Nigeria as false and laughable.
The group in a statement signed by its secretary, Victor Barina Dae-Wita, said the claim lacked substance and should therefore be disregarded in its entirety.
According to the statement, they are disturbed with the fact that President Buhari who receives daily briefing on the security situation of the states in Nigeria to make such unsubstantiated claim about a peaceful state like Rivers State, adding that the President should do research where he would realize that the claim is out of order.
It stated that, “the political killings in Rivers State is the handiwork of Rivers State APC and the former Governor of Rivers State and present Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who vowed that over his dead body will Nyesom Wike become Governor of Rivers State and now that he is still alive and awaiting that death that he cursed on himself is bent on bringing down Rivers state along with him to his grave.”
The group however assured President Buhari that no matter any form of activities and claim to plunge the state into crisis will not succeed, stressing that, “Rivers people are wiser than you all put together and the people will resist every move to bring us back to Babylon with you.
“Amaechi and the APC are not on ground in Rivers State and whether elections are conducted a trillion times, PDP will still win, so the sooner you realise and drop your evil plans for the people of Rivers State, the better,” the statement opined.