Rivers rerun: Security agents in trouble as Wike takes drastic action
- Governor Wike has decided to stop paying security agents in the state for turning against him
- He accused the army and police of engaging in electoral fraud during the Rivers rerun election
- The governor said come 2019, they will be prepared and such will not happen again
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has criticized security agencies in the state for their partisan role during the Rivers rerun legislative elections which held on Saturday.
He said the situation where security operatives were allegedly involved in electoral fraud and intimidation of the people of the state during the election will not happen again in 2019, The Punch reports.
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He said this on Monday, December 12, at the government house after leading a victory march across the state.
Governor Wike said: “What has happened today will not happen in 2019. Now they have told us, they will see that we will also be prepared. This will not happen again.
“I have told the security agencies, you come and collect security money from me and use it against Rivers people. Enough is enough. They will now be depending on NDDC for their funding. Let me see where it will take them to.
“Rivers people must work as brothers and sisters and defend our interests. We don’t have police, we don’t have army, but we have God. And so, we must put our house in order and be our own police, be our own Army.”
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He said the people have lost their confidence in the army and police as they have shown that there is no democracy in Nigeria.
The governor applauded the people of the state for standing up to defend democracy and the interest of the state.
According to him, politicians like the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, were not on the ground and would never win elections in the state.
“Wherever they are, shame unto them. Whether they are in Abuja, Plateau, Bauchi, Benue or Kano, shame unto them. Shame to the Governor of Plateau, Shame to the Governor of Bauchi , Shame to the Governor of Benue. They should bury their heads in shame,” he said.
INEC announced that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had won both the Rivers East and West senatorial districts seats.
Senator Thompson George was announced as the winner of the Rivers East senatorial district.
Peterside, the deputy leader of the the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, said the party would reject the result of Rivers East senatorial district rerun election which according to him was marred with irregularities.
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