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Rerun: Rivers people won’t take part in police probe, says Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2016 0

*Calls probe a trap   The governor of Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the government and people of the state would never participate in the probe panel instituted by the Police Headquarters to investigate the audio tape allegedly indicting him of threat

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Rerun protest: Rivers APC Submits audio tape ‘incriminating’ Wike to IGP through state Police Command

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2016 0

*Calls for investigation into killings of policemen, others   The Rivers state Chapter of the All progressives Congress, APC, yesterday staged a protest march to the state police command and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, demanding a thorough investigation into killings of security men and others in the state during the December 10, rescheduled

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Wike leads Rivers people on protest march against alleged police brutality

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2016 0

…demands immediate transfer of Steven Hasso and Akin Fakorede  Apparently dissatisfied with the performance of security operatives in the Saturday December 10 rerun election in Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Wike, Thursday, took to the streets of Port Harcourt, leading thousands of Rivers people on a protest march against the alleged mass killings and brutality by

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APC Governors contributed N1 billion each for Rivers election – Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2016 0

Rivers  State Governor , Nyesom Wike has accused four All Progressive Congress, APC, governors of bankrolling the activities of security agencies that he claimed  unleashed violence across the state   during the December 10 Rerun elections.   Addressing the Rivers people in a state broadcast  on  Wednesday , Governor Wike said : “the brazen subversion of […]

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Wike declares Rivers’ SARS commander unwanted

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2016 0

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has said that the video tape showing the Officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad  (SARS), Mr Akin Fakorede, in a scuffle with polling agents and which has gone viral, has vindicated his earlier statements that the credibility of the December 10 legislative election in the state […]

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Wike Demands Results

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2016 0

   

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Wike accuses Amaechi, soldiers of stopping collation of results

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2016 0

*Allegations are aimed at tarnishing image of the army, GOC   The Rivers State governor has accused the Minister of Transport and former governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, of using soldiers to rig the controversial Saturday rerun election by stopping the collation of results in areas where the outcome were favouring […]

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Rivers rerun: APC is using army, SARS to kill and hijack election materials, says Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2016 0

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has accused the Nigerian Army and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police of killing members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, agents,  hijacking electoral materials and working to deliver  a particular  candidate in Rivers South-East Senatorial District .    In the face of the accusation, the […]

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Wike tackles IGP over withdrawal of security chief

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2016 0

The governor of Rivers state, Chief Nyesom Wike, has challenged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, over what he called the surreptitious withdrawal of his Chief Security Officer (CSO), which he claimed has exposed his life to danger. Wike bared his mind when he granted audience to the IGP, on Thursday at the […]

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Police: we redeployed Wike’s CSO, says IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

The Nigeria Police has explained the reason behind the redeployment of DSP Promise Nwosu, the Chief Security Officer to Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, saying it was due to his gross professional misconduct. Force headquarters said it observed the innuendos, distortion of facts and wild allegations peddled in the mass media following the redeployment of […]

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Rivers PDP worried over withdrawal of Wike’s security details

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2016 0

Despite the indifference by the Rivers state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, over the withdrawal of some of his security details by the state Police Command, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed concern over the development. Last Friday, Governor Nyesom Wike announced, during the flagging off of the reconstruction of Igbo-Etche […]

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Rivers re-run: We will resist rigging, Wike warns

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2016 0

Rivers state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has repeated his warning that the state will resist any attempt to rig the re-run elections slated for December 10, 2016. He said that Rivers was too big for anybody to impose representatives on the people, stressing that the people must be allowed to elect their representatives. Speaking during a […]

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Rivers: APC Accuses Wike of Evading Court Summons

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2015 0

The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, heard at its inaugural sitting in Abuja that the state governor-elect, NyesomWike, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been evading service of court processes of a petition challenging his election. One of the petitioners, DakukuPeterside of the All Progressives Congress(APC),who made the

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Anxiety in Rivers over Handing Over

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2015 0

With Barely two weeks to the May 29 hand over date, anxiety is mounting in Rivers State over the refusal of outgoing Governor, RotimiAmaechi to constitute a transition committee that will liase with new incoming government for a smooth transition. While Amaechi has announced that he will handover, the incoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Government […]

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Amaechi, Rivers Assembly on Collission Course

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2015 0

Signs of a frosty relationship between the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and the House of Assembly emerged on Monday. The legislators suspended three Local Government Care-taker Committee chairmen over insecurity and alleged financial recklessness. They also summoned nine commissioners of the Governor over the state’s troubled finances. The suspended

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N600m Bribe Allegation against Rivers REC Ruffles Feathers

Ihesiulo Grace 6 May 2015 0

Ripples over N600 million bribe allegation against Rivers REC The N600 million bribe allegations against the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan is now causing ripples in the states with the All Progressives Congress (APC) which made the allegations wondering why no action is being taken on the allegation. In the […]

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Rivers APC Drags Wike, PDP to Tribunal, Vows to Reclaim Mandate

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2015 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has stated that it is heading to the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal to reverse the victory of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the April 11 governorship elections, Mr. Nyesom Wike, which it alleged stole the victory in connivance with the Independent […]

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PDP Killing Our Members in Rivers, APC Alleges

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has raised the alarm over what it calls the continued killing and maiming of its members and supporters in Rivers State allegedly by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state and its governorship candidate, Mr. Nyesom Wike. The killing and the maiming of the APC members in Rivers State, the party further alleged, are […]