2019: Governor Wike Alleges Rigging Plot In Rivers, Akwa Ibom

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of working with security agencies to disrupt 2019 governorship elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.

Wike stated that the motive was to mobilise the Federal Government’s rigging security apparatus from all other states to the two states on a later date for the manipulation of the two strategic governorship elections.

Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Robert Petri, the governor urged the European Union to pay closer attention to the two elections.

He said, “When I raised the alarm that the Federal Government was plotting to plant 800 guns in Rivers State to destabilise the state, it is the truth; it is real.”