Wike: Politicians deploying cultists, ex-convicts to destabilize Rivers – Nexus News
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that the state has received intelligence reports that some misguided politicians have started deploying cultists, ex-convicts and thugs ahead of their political aspirations for 2023.
The governor stated that the state government is aware that owners of hotels and entertainment centers are in the process of leasing out their premises to politicians and political parties as a convenient venue for the gathering of these political thugs across the state.
Wike, in a state broadcast on Sunday, stressed that the government is not taking the intelligence reports at its disposal lightly, and will therefore not give any politician, no matter his previous or present position, the opportunity to upset the existing peace and security in Rivers.
He said: “We will not allow any political party, be it the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to threaten the safety and security of life and property during the campaigns with mayhem, thuggery or violence.
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“Accordingly, we have already alerted and set the security agencies on the trail of these misguided politicians and leaders of political parties and stop them in their tracks with the full weight of the law.
“We also wish to warn owners of hotels and proprietors of relaxation centers to take notice and desist from releasing their facilities for politicians and party leaders to use to meet and plot against the peace, safety and security of our state.”
The governor warned that the state government will bring down hotels and other entertainment places that are connected with such criminal political activities.
