\u25aa says military \u00a0have killed many persons
\n\u25aasays Army threatening to kill more people<\/p>\n
Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has accused the Nigerian Army
\nand the Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS) of the Nigerian Police
\nof\u00a0killing PDP agents, hijacking \u00a0electoral materials and working to
\ndeliver \u00a0a particular \u00a0candidate in Rivers South-East Senatorial District
\n.<\/p>\n
The governor \u00a0added that no matter \u00a0the use of the Nigerian Army and SARS
\npersonnel by the APC \u00a0Government, Rivers State \u00a0will never be conquered .<\/p>\n
Governor Wike , reacting \u00a0to \u00a0the \u00a0mass shootings\u00a0by the Nigerian Army and
\nthe Police in Khana, Gokana , Akuku-Toru and Etche Local Government Areas
\non Election Day , Governor \u00a0Wike said \u00a0that the Security Agencies \u00a0were
\ndeployed to the State to manipulate the \u00a0result of the polls.<\/p>\n
He said that \u00a0true to the claim\u00a0by the APC Governors and leaders that they
\nwill use Federal Might against the Rivers people, the military have been
\nused to rig rerun elections in \u00a0parts of \u00a0the State .<\/p>\n
The governor \u00a0said \u00a0that \u00a0in Khana Local Government Area , election
\nMaterials for the entire \u00a0Local Government Area \u00a0were hijacked\u00a0by the
\nNigerian Army and SARS personnel .<\/p>\n
He added that in Gokana Local Government Area ,\u00a0 soldiers hijacked
\nelection materials \u00a0for \u00a0Wards 2 and 3 in Bodo City where the military
\nalso killed two persons in the process of fleeing \u00a0with the materials.<\/p>\n
Governor Wike \u00a0said that out of the 19 wards of Etche Local Government
\nArea , soldiers and SARS personnel \u00a0hijacked \u00a0election materials for \u00a04
\nwards.<\/p>\n
He informed that One Mr Charles Anyanwu , Etche APC Chieftain has been
\narrested with two AK47. He noted that the security \u00a0agencies \u00a0may release
\nhim .<\/p>\n
The governor \u00a0noted that the unfortunate \u00a0onslaught \u00a0by the military and
\nSARS \u00a0personnel \u00a0started in the night of Friday , when the Minister of
\nTransportation , Rotimi Amaechi \u00a0backed by a battalion of soldiers and
\nover 20 SARS \u00a0personnel \u00a0attempted \u00a0to hijack materials \u00a0from the Isiokpo
\nINEC \u00a0headquarters , but\u00a0was resisted by youths.<\/p>\n
He thanked God that there was no loss of \u00a0lives on Friday \u00a0night at
\nIsiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area .<\/p>\n
Governor Wike \u00a0noted that in Opobo-Nkoro Local Government Area , soldiers
\nhijacked \u00a0election materials and took same to the home of Dr Sam Sam Jaja
\nof APC .<\/p>\n
He said: “I anticipated \u00a0it. I tried to let the world to know that these
\nare the plans of the security \u00a0agencies .<\/p>\n
“In all my political \u00a0career, I have \u00a0never experienced this kind \u00a0of
\ninvasion \u00a0by security agencies . \u00a0What causes violence is when you give
\ncertain persons \u00a0undue advantage .<\/p>\n
“Be assured that we are resisting \u00a0it, it may take our lives, but we will
\nresist \u00a0to the last .\u00a0That is what \u00a0is \u00a0expected , when you \u00a0are fighting
\nfor \u00a0freedom. You must make sacrifices.<\/p>\n
“It is unfortunate that we are congratulating \u00a0the opposition \u00a0for winning
\nin Ghana, but here the military are directly involved in rigging \u00a0and
\nhijacking materials . ”<\/p>\n
The governor \u00a0added: “They say that they want to give Rivers State
\nGovernor problems, but you are not giving Rivers State Governor problems,
\nyou are giving Nigeria problems”.<\/p>\n
He noted that he has informed a National Commissioner \u00a0of INEC and the
\nResident Electoral Commissioner \u00a0 on the problems in Khana Local
\nGovernment Area and \u00a0Gokana LGA \u00a0and he was \u00a0assured that action would \u00a0be
\ntaken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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