Elders of the Rivers Leaders Forum condemn allegations of a staged dynamite explosion near Hotel Presidential, accusing the governor of misinformation and deliberate destabilization efforts.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Elders of the Rivers Leaders Forum (RLF) have strongly criticized allegations suggesting that a supposed dynamite explosion near the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt aimed to provoke a state emergency.
They asserted that such claims by the governor are misleading and intentionally aimed at destabilizing the state’s peace and security.
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The leaders accused Fubara of planting a fake explosive to fabricate a crisis.
They clarified that a peaceful march in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area was to show solidarity with former Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nyesom Wike, and to commend the police for maintaining peace despite the governor’s provocative actions.
Senator Olaka Nwogu, in a statement, emphasized that the march in Obio/Akpo followed a designated route unrelated to the Presidential Hotel’s vicinity.
Nwogu stated, “These allegations once again reflect a pattern of misinformation and deliberate efforts by H.E. Sim Fubara to undermine the state’s peace and security under his leadership.
“For the record, the peaceful march in Obio/Akpor began from Rumueme Civic Centre along Ikwerre Road and concluded at Peoples Club along Rumuola Road.”
“This is a route that did not include the Hotel Presidential, to show solidarity with the most successful Governor Rivers State ever had, now Minister of FCT, H.E. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, and to express faith in his reserved conduct despite his being betrayed, maligned, misrepresented and daily insulted by Governor Sim Fubara and his supporters.
“The people of Obio/Akpor also expressed gratitude to the police for keeping the peace despite provocative actions of the governor in illegally inaugurating Caretaker Committees for the local government councils contrary to the law; a situation that has stirred up much public disaffection and threat to peace.
“To be clear on the matter of the explosion at Hotel Presidential, there was no incident at the hotel associated with the Peace march as the routes for the march are completely different from the location of Hotel Presidential.
“It’s only the governor and Rivers State Government that knew that there were Senators (guests) in Rivers State and we believe he and his team went ahead and planted a fake explosive detonator to act drama in other to cry wolf.
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“Is the governor or His Commissioner for Health the police detectives or any other security agent that they are the only people who heard an explosion and also arrested the so-called culprit at Rivers State Government-owned hospital? Please let the Police do their job.”
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