Rivers State Government has raised the alarm that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has perfected plans to tarnish Governor Nyesom
Wike’s reputation, as well as his administration, with frivolous and unfounded
allegations.
The state government alleged, yesterday, that the APC
intends to publish reports aimed at misleading Rivers people and Nigerians in
general, that governor Wike has refused to pay the fees of students studying
overseas under the RSSDA scholarship scheme.
The government, in a statement by Wike’s Special Senior
Adviser on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, alleged that the APC has hacked
into the email accounts of some persons with intent to drag them into forming a
movement, to place false advertorials against the Rivers state government in
national newspapers.
“We are also aware that some students have already
disassociated themselves from the APC’s plan of instigating the innocent
students against the state government. Among the students they tried to
impersonate is one Victoria O, who has successfully completed her programme in
Environmental Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development and had since
returned to the state
“It is important at this point to arrest the antics of the
APC in the state from spreading falsehood against a government that has
performed beyond their dreams, imaginations and projections. What the APC in
Rivers state is trying to do is to incite gullible members of the public
against the state government, under the able leadership of governor Wike, who
has done very well in terms of infrastructural development, security among
other achievements…”
“Governor Wike took over a state that was absolutely striped
of funds. This was attested to when former Governor Chibuike Amaechi publicly
declared on May 27, 2015 at a public function that: ‘I think Wike has won, let
me see where he will get money to pay salaries and do projects’.
“Surprisingly, Governor Wike has re-invented the state to a
status of a New Rivers State which has become the envy of even his political
enemies thereby earning him the sobriquet “Mr Project” from no other person but
the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
“At this point, Rivers State Government wishes to inform the
public to disregard any malicious and misleading publication sponsored by the
APC in the state,” the statement said.
By Adewale Banjo
