The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has expressed fears that
the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government will declare war
on the opposition come 2019 general election.
According to the governor, fighter jets were the only war equipment
that was not used by security agencies in the December 10 legislative
rerun in Rivers State.
Wlke said the federal government invaded the state with all of its
might to rig the exercise, leaving in its trail blood of innocent
Nigerians allegedly murdered by security agencies.
Wike, who was speaking in an interview with the Vanguard, noted that
Nigerians should be thankful to former President Goodluck Jonathan for
giving the nation free and fair elections in 2015.
The governor said, “You saw the kind of invasion we witnessed on
December 10 by security agencies and the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC.
“It is clear that with what we saw in Rivers, if the President
declares he wants to run in 2019, then we should expect a tsunami,
anybody that does not want it should go away.
“There will be fighter jets. The only thing that was not deployed to
the state on December 10 was fighter jet. We may see that, in 2019, if
the President says he wants to contest the presidential election.
“With the kind of invasion we had in the state for the rerun, if they
are having gubernatorial and presidential elections and, by the grace
of God, Mr President presents himself for the election, I wonder how it
will be. This is why I said anybody thinking of election in 2019 is
wasting his time.
“It will be like war. ‘If you don’t agree, we bomb you’. If you can
bring 28,000 policemen, three helicopters, 20 gunboats and then train
special military all for legislative rerun elections in Rivers, then I
have my fear for 2019.
“You cannot believe it that that Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, were all transferred on the eve of the December 10 elections.
“They brought a Special Anti-Robbery Squad from outside the state.
So, you can see what a presidential election will be like. If a fighter
jet does not come out, then something is wrong.
“They must bomb everybody that says no to the presidential
aspiration; if you don’t die before the election, you must die on the
day of the election. This will be the fate of anybody that does not
agree.
“I saw it, the kind of conspiracy. Anybody that sees former President
Goodluck Jonathan should say ‘thank you’ for saving this country.
“We are busy congratulating other countries, yet we cannot have free
and fair election in one state where you deployed big weapons. Let
nobody deceive us that INEC is independent.”
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