The All Progressives Congress (APC) party has read a political undertone to the yesterday protest by a group of young men and women in Port Harcourt.
TheNewsGuru reports the group of young men and women marched in Port Harcourt carrying anti-Special Armed Robbery Squad (SARS) placards, which the APC has described as a “motley crowd of obviously hired young people”.
The APC has fingered the Governor of the State, Nyesom Wike as the architect and executioner of the protest, saying it’s the governor’s “sustained bid to politicise security in Rivers State ahead of 2019 general election”.
“We have stated it over and over again, that having thrown every imaginable bait at Mr. Fakorede but failing to compromise the officer, Gov. Wike is hell-bent on seeing off Akin Fakorede from Rivers State especially as 2019 elections approach,” the APC said in a statement signed by its Rivers’ state publicity secretary, Chris Finebone.
“We make bold to appeal to the authorities of Nigeria Police and other security agencies not to get their eyes off the ball in Rivers State, they must refuse to be deceived by Gov. Wike’s antics for the sake of the people and residents of the State.
“We hope and believe that they know the governor more than the governor thinks,” the statement added.