Against the backdrop of tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly
Elections across the country, the Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders and the
entire people of Ogoni say their attention have been drawn to the
distribution of Hilux Vans to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
Commander in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers
State today, February 22, 2019.
A statement by the Ogoni chiefs, elders and the entire people under the
aegis of Ogoni Ethnic Nationality said the Hilux Vans were sighted by the
chiefs and elders when they were delivered to the SARS Commander in Bori.
The Ogoni elders and chiefs said sources close to the SARS Commander
disclosed that he has given specific instructions to his boys who now go
on rampage in some villages in Ogoni, to go out tomorrow and do everything
possible to disrupt the elections, hijack materials and kill anyone who
confronts them.
Yesterday evening in Tai, in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State,
the SARS Commander led his men to Tai, to attack innocent women and youths
in the area.
In the light of the above, the Ogoni Ethnic Nationality has warned the
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Chief Victor Giadom and Dr.
Dakuku Peterside whom they were reliably told was behind the evil plot, of
the consequences of any trouble that happens in Ogoniland.
“If anybody is wounded, maimed or killed or any disruption of the
elections in the Ogoni area tomorrow, as a result of this evil plots, we
will not only hold Rotimi Amaechi, Victor Giadom and Dakuku Peterside
responsible, we will declare them persona non grata in Ogoniland”, they
vowed.
The body called on the international community, Acting Inspector-General
of Police and others to wade in and call these trouble shooters to order.