- Insists Buhari’s govt wants him dead
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government wants him dead ahead of the 2019 general elections.
This is not the first time Governor Wike will be alleging that the current administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is plotting to assassinate him.
The governor had first made the allegation during a thanksgiving service organised at the Living Faith Church in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to mark the third anniversary of his administration in May.
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Consequent to his claim, Wike was earlier invited to appear on Channels Television to substantiate his allegation against the Buhari administration.
He had said, “Intelligence report available to us as of this morning indicated that they are plotting to assassinate me in a crowd and claim it was an accidental discharge,” adding that, “The level of conspiracy against Rivers state is unfortunate. Instead of focusing on governance, they focus on how to assassinate me or frame me up. I am not afraid of my residence being searched by the police, but I know their evil intention.”
Reiterating the allegation, the governor told Premium Times in fresh interview that he had informed his wife and children that he could be killed by the current “bloodthirsty government” in the course of defending democracy.
Asked if surrendering to the current administration could stop bloodbath in Rivers 2019 governorship election, Wike said: “No, that won’t be correct. You see, when you do that, you allow impunity to continue, you allow fraud to continue. Everybody must be ready to make sacrifices, and in doing this it could take your life. That’s life!
On if he was ready to sacrifice his life in trying to resist the government’s alleged plot to rig the state’s governorship election in 2019, the governor said, “Of course! I have told my wife and children, this is where we have found ourselves. This is a bloodthirsty government.”
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