Nelson Wike Is Making Many People Unhappy So They Want Him Arrest

Nyesom Wike is making too many people unhappy, now, they want him arrested

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Staff Writer in Party Politics, State of Affairs with 0 Comments

On Saturday August 3, at an event in Port Harcourt, Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike said this.
“For those who think that they can destroy Obio-Akpor (Local Government Council), we will make life uncomfortable for them. We will make sure they will not sleep again. When they are sleeping, they will not sleep with their two eyes closed. One eye will be open because they know there is danger.”
Wike was allegedly referring to the former Chairman and Councilors of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area who were suspended by the Rivers State House of Assembly for the House to commence fraud and corruption investigations,
This statement left a lot of people unhappy. So much so that they are calling for his arrest and prosecution. Leading the charge is the Rivers Peoples’ Forum (RPF), which calls Wike’s statement, dangerous to democracy in the country and threatens the peace and security of Rivers.
The RPF in a statement signed by its President, Charles Bekwele, set the record straight this way.
“First, Obio-Akpor Council was not destroyed. Its former Council Chairman Timothy Nsirim and Councilors were only suspended by the Rivers State House of Assembly to enable the House investigate allegations of monumental fraud and corruption against them. And the State Assembly had repeatedly said they would be reinstated if they are not found guilty at the end of the investigations. And we must also bear in mind that it is constitutionally the function of the State legislators to oversee, supervise and check the excesses of local councils”
“Nyesom Wike must be arrested and prosecuted now for threatening the lives of Rivers people, for threatening the peace and security of Rivers State. As a matter of fact, his comments are dangerous to our democracy, Wike is a danger to our democracy. Comments like that can easily lead to a breach of peace in the state. Rivers people have had enough of Wike’s shenanigans.”
They aren’t the only ones crying blue murder.
The chief of staff to Governor Rotimi Amaechi reacted also classified Wike’s statement as less than savoury.
“Wike’s statement is a very dangerous one that deserves every serious-minded security apparatus to investigate; we are not deterred at all, but the issue is that it leaves much to be desired for a serving minister of the nation to be that lose and uncouth to say that he would make a state uncomfortable for the governor of that state.
“What we should be worried about is what does he think he would have such powers, who does he rely on to do that?”
Not a bad question actually.
[Photo H/T: News Agency of Nigeria]