By Deborah Onyofufeke
The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has denied allegations that he moved around to intimidate and cause disruption during the Presidential election on Saturday.
The governor said the lies were peddled against him by individuals who, for reasons best known to them, decided to raise the false accusations against him, suggesting that he moved about with soldiers intimidating people and influencing voting and collation of votes.
The governor urged the public to disregard the concocted video and audio clips, voice notes and other forms of multimedia contraptions being circulated just to tarnish his image.
Wike In a statement by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Chris Finebone, dispelled the the accusation, adding that it is derived only from the wicked imagination of failed evil doers.
He said “Gov. Wike does not have a single soldier in his formal and informal entourage at any time, more so, during election time”.
He noted that the accusation is peddled by the same persons who in 2016 during the rerun election in Rivers State, doctored audio and visual clips to incriminate the Governor.
“Of particular mention is a doctored audio clip that was concocted by Saharareporters during the 2016 re-run election in Rivers State in which they purported same to be a discussion between the governor and Hon. Dum Dekor.”
The statement noted that the audio which was duly discredited by the government, was hurriedly dug up this election period “to throw dirt at Wike’s name.
