Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the freezing
\nof the\u00a0 accounts of Governments of Benue and Akwa Ibom States by the APC
\nFederal Government through the EFCC is the worst coup since the\u00a0 return to
\ndemocracy.<\/p>\n
He stated that there is no worse form of impunity than attempting to
\ncripple a tier of government simply because the APC Federal Government
\nplans to attain unconstitutional political mileage.<\/p>\n
Speaking on national issues at the Government House Port Harcourt on
\nThursday, Governor Wike said that the ultimate target of the APC Federal
\nGovernment is Rivers State, where they have already detailed the EFCC to
\ncarry out very unconstitutional activities.<\/p>\n
He said: “There is no worse impunity than for the EFCC to shutdown\u00a0 a tier
\nof government through the freezing of the accounts of two State
\nGovernments.<\/p>\n
“An agency of federal government has frozen the accounts of Akwa Ibom\u00a0 and
\nBenue State Governments . This is the worst coup against the constitution
\nand the law-abiding people of those states.<\/p>\n
“But the target is not Benue or Akwa Ibom States. The real target is
\nRivers State. The EFCC as a federal agency has no business with State
\nFunds. That is the responsibility of the State House of Assembly “.<\/p>\n
He said that Rivers State Government under Former\u00a0 Rivers State Governor,
\nDr Peter Odili obtained got a court judgment that the EFCC\u00a0 has no
\nconstitutional power to investigate state funds, pointing out that the
\nEFCC\u00a0 is yet to vacate that order at a superior court.<\/p>\n
Governor Wike noted that the APC Federal Government has continued to use
\nthe EFCC for illegal actions in Rivers State, despite the Attorney General
\nof Rivers State writing to the EFCC and attaching the said judgement
\nagainst the Federal Agency.<\/p>\n
Governor\u00a0 Wike said that he is not moved by the sack of Former Director
\nGeneral of DSS, noting that it was a function of internal politics.<\/p>\n
“If you are sacking Lawan Daura for coup at the National Assembly, what
\nwill you do with a man who overthrew two state governments through two
\nseparate coups?” he asked.<\/p>\n
Governor Wike added that the APC Federal Government has enthroned a
\nculture of impunity using all security agencies to destroy democracy.<\/p>\n
He said: “The sack of the DG of DSS is mere internal politics. If not,
\neven the Inspector General of Police has done worse. The Inspector General
\nof Police invaded the Benue State House of Assembly.\u00a0 He also invaded the
\nRivers State High Court Complex. No action has been taken against the
\nInspector General of Police “.<\/p>\n
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the freezing of the\u00a0 accounts of Governments of Benue and Akwa Ibom States by the APC Federal Government through the EFCC…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n