The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, says the recent revolt by Nigerian workers at the Eagle Square, Abuja, shows that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, has a lot to do to rebuild its image.
\nWike also accused the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, of being used by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to render him helpless and make the state ungovernable.
\nThe governor said that the revolt was a warning to the APC and the Federal Government that Nigerians are tired of their needless propaganda, lies and poor performance.
\nIn an interview with the African Independent Television in Abuja, Wike advised the Federal Government to heed the warning of the workers, retrace her steps and stop the lies, intimidation and anti-democratic steps overheating the polity.
\nHe said that the revolt during the May Day event in Abuja \u201cis a signal for them to be careful. Don\u2019t take the people for a ride. It is a warning to security agencies which are used to kill, intimidate opponents and rig elections.
\n\u201cPeople are tired. People are impatient with the blackmail and deceit of the APC. Enough is enough with the unnecessary propaganda.
\n\u201cThe patience of Nigerians is running out. What happened at the Eagle Square is a warning.\u201d
\nThe governor regretted that rather than focus on fulfilling its campaign promises, the APC-led Federal Government has spent time planting weapons and monies in the homes of opposition politicians, mainly to distract Nigerians.
\nWike accused the IGP of being used by the APC to deliberately create crisis in Rivers State as part of a plan to declare a state of emergency.
\n\u201cHe wants the state to be pulled down, so that they will engender crisis and declare a state of emergency.
\n\u201cI will always stand against injustice, impunity and intimidation in this country. It doesn\u2019t matter what it costs me,\u201d he said.
\nHe claimed that Idris was a politician in uniform, and reminded Nigerians of the alleged arrest of some APC leaders who were reportedly caught printing fake ballot papers before the Rivers rerun polls, adding that the police transferred them out of the state and swept the matter under the carpet.
\nWike described the anti-corruption war as selective, as he cited the case of a former NDDC director, Henry Ogiri, who was allegedly under EFCC investigation, but was left off the hook the moment he defected to the APC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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