The All Progressives Congress has
claimed that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has backtracked on his media
attack on the Nigeria Police Force.
Publicity Secretary of the APC in
Rivers state, Chris Finebone in a statement released to the media said the
party had been informed about Wike’s, “Nicodemus” appeal to the Inspector
General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris.
Finebone stated that the Rivers
state Governor sent a high powered delegation on a nocturnal visit to meet with
the IGP to seek how to mend fences with the police hierarchy ahead of the 2019
general elections.
The APC in Rivers state, however,
advised IGP Idris to turn down Wike’s olive branch for lack of sincerity.
According to Finebone, “Despite
all the false public posturing, blackmail, propaganda and media war by Gov.
Nyesom Wike against the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris and the
FSARS Commander in Rivers State, ACP Akin Fakorede, the governor has finally
lost the war against the two police officers as his delegation has arrived
Abuja to beg the IG for forgiveness on his behalf.
The party said the delegation
sent to Abuja by Gov. Wike to beg the IG was made up of his close hangars-on,
commonly referred to as his Cardinals and they included Chief Ferdinand
Anabraba, Desmond Akawor, Glory Emeh, Sergeant Awuse, Celestine Omehia and
Austin Opara.
“The team is in Abuja as we
write.
“The APC is aware that shortly
after ACP Akin Fakorede threatened to pursue legal action against the Rivers
State Government for running a damaging front-page blackmail against him in
many national newspapers running close to N1b for months, Gov. Wike was prevailed
upon to discontinue the media war and seek peace with the Police IG. Those who
prevailed on the governor to balk down and beg premised their advice on the
seeming refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the Police IG and Akin
Fakorede based on propaganda by Wike and other detractors of the Police boss.
“We recall that quite early in
this dispensation, Gov. Wike launched an all-out media attack against IG
Ibrahim Idris hoping that President Buhari would be hoodwinked into removing
the IG. When that scheme failed, the governor turned his war on ACP Akin
Fakorede and the FSARS in Rivers State believing that the IG would be so
embarrassed as to remove the FSARS Commander.
“It must be stated that the
attack on Akin Fakorede was launched because the officer severally turned down
monetary offers from the governor in exchange for doing the governor’s bidding.
The war was to get Fakorede out to make way for a replacement who may be pliant
or likely to succumb to the governor’s insidious advances.
“Having failed to get the
Inspector-General and the FSARS Commander out of the way, Gov. Nyesom Wike
assembled his delegation who reached out and booked an appointment with the
office of the IG culminating in the delegation members’ trip to Abuja where they
will see the IG and beg on behalf of the governor.
“The APC is surprised that after
Gov. Wike huffed, puffed and blackmailed IG Ibrahim Idris and ACP Akin Fakorede
to no end, the governor decided to eat the humble pie by sending a high-powered
delegation of his men to go Nicodemusly to beg the IG.
“The position of the APC is that
the IG should discountenance the dubious olive branch Gov. Wike is offering
through his delegation because the governor has made up his mind to disrespect
and rubbish federal institutions (especially the Nigeria Police) on the altar
of partisan politics. Having maligned and blackmailed IG Ibrahim Idris and ACP
Akin Fakaroede publicly, Gov Wike should apologise to both officers and
gentlemen publicly.
“Sending a ‘midnight’ delegation
to go and beg the IG indicates that Gov. Nyesom Wike is not sincere and not
ready to turn a new leaf.
“The APC wishes to advise Gov.
Wike to stop giving Rivers State and its people poor public image because his
private and public uncouth utterances do not portray the true image of Rivers
people. Our people have a track record of being respectful, groomed in good
behaviour and well cultured in our utterances. These are clearly attributes
inherently lacking in Gov. Nyesom Wike. Indeed, he does not (any bit) represent
who Rivers people are.
“We remind the Inspector-General
of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris that Gov. Nyesom Wike’s latest olive branch is not
altruistic, lacking in honesty and totally opportunistic. The IG should realise
that if President Buhari had listened to the damaging media war Gov. Wike
levied on him and his men, by now he would have been removed by Mr. President.
“The IG must reject Wike’s evil
entreaties for lack of sincerity.”
The Rivers state government is
yet to respond to APC’s claims.
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