Rivers State
Governor, Nyesom Wike has claimed that the APC-led Federal Government is
recruiting more policemen specifically to rig the 2019 general elections in
selected states.
Governor
Wike also declared that national security had degenerated beyond measures
because of the actions of the Federal government.
Wike said
these in an interview with newsmen at the Government House, Port Harcourt.
He alleged
that policemen were sent for special training on how to rig 2019 elections,
adding that what was happening in Ekiti State was what would happen in 2019.
Governor
Wike said that based on the security intelligence at his disposal, the APC
Federal Government had concluded plans to use the Ekiti method on Rivers State
in 2019.
He said:
“Why will there not be insecurity? Those who are supposed to fight crime are
working towards rigging the 2019 General Elections. You have sent 30,000
policemen to Ekiti, no wonder herdsmen and militiamen are killing in other
places.
“You moved
30,000 policemen to a state. This has allowed other states to be porous. In
focusing on 2019, they have allowed their major security function not to be
tackled. Everyday in their meetings they talk about how to take over states”.
Governor
Wike disclosed that the APC Federal Government was recruiting more policemen
specifically to rig the 2019 elections in selected states.
“They even
sent Policemen for special training on how to rig 2019 General Elections. What
is happening in Ekiti State is nothing compared to what they will do in 2019.
“A
Government that came to power with the claim that Nigeria voted for them no
longer wants to allow people to vote in 2019.
“To defend
this democracy is a duty that we are ready to undertake. You cannot push the
people to this level. They are pushing people to self defence. If they can do
that to a sitting governor, what will happen in 2019.
“They want
Rivers State by all means. Even if it means killing 500 people. But they will
die, not us. We are prepared for the elections because we have something to
tell the people.
“The APC
Federal Government has nothing to tell the people, so they are afraid. The only
instrument the APC Federal Government has is coercion, force, brutality,” he
alleged.
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