Wike replies APC, says Rivers’ll not support violence

RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike has told President Muhammadu
Buhari that Rivers people will never support violence, which he
said was being orchestrated by leaders of APC in the state.

Speaking during an interactive session between President
Muhammadu Buhari and traditional rulers of Rivers State in Port
Harcourt on Tuesday, Wike said leaders who had imported war songs
would not succeed.

The governor was apparently making reference to the Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who was seen singing a war song in
Igbo language at the APC presidential campaign.

Wike said, “Rivers State does not believe in violence and we
will not support any dance for violence. Those who sing other
people’s song for violence, they know what they achieve. They know
what they gain,” he said.

The governor assured Nigerians that the evil plots to fuel
violence by the APC would fail.

“I want to assure the President that Rivers State is a peaceful
state. It will never be a violent state. I will not support
violence and Rivers people will not support violence,” he said.

In his address, Chairman of Rivers State Council of Traditional
Rulers, King Dandeson Douglas Jaja, urged President Muhammadu
Buhari to ensure that security agencies acted professionally during
the elections.

King Jaja said that security agencies should not join the fray
and complicate the issues of electoral violence.

The monarch lamented the closure of the seaports in Rivers
State, which he added, had negatively affected the economy of the
area