About 300 police officers are alleged to have laid siege to the hotel where Governor Nyesom Wike is lodging ahead of Saturday’s Governorship election in Edo State.
According to a statement released by the official Twitter handle of Governor Wike, the police officers said they are acting on the orders of the Inspector General of Police to evict him from Benin City.
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Governor Nyesom Wike was appointed as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national council for the Edo Governorship campaign and is in Benin in that capacity.
The Governor stated that he is not going anywhere as long as Governors Ganduje Kano and Uzodinma of Imo were also in the city carrying out their various assignments for their party the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Wike stated that he was being harassed in breach of the peace accord signed before the election. He said the people of Rivers State will hold the Inspector General of Police accountable if anything happens to their Governor.