The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has advised Rivers State to resign and join the Nigerian Police Force in order to investigate, try and jail alleged printers of fake INEC documents.
According to a statement released by the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peterside accused the governor of becoming increasingly restless and desperate over the matter.
According to the statement, Peterside, who was the APC Rivers State governorship candidate in the 2015 election, gave the admonition following fresh allegations by Wike against the Police, where the governor claimed that the AIG in charge of Zone 6 was allegedly planning to suppress investigations by asking that it be transferred to him.
He wondered how the governor has suddenly turned to the Commissioner of Police, complainant, prosecutor, judge and controller of prisons, who determines how a supposedly criminal matter should be dealt with.
“Wike should be reminded that Rivers people and Nigerians are no fools to be treated to a circus show where a state governor is the complainant, arresting officer and prosecutor and wanting to assume the responsibility of police commissioner.
“He will do well to resign as governor and join the ongoing recruitment into police force. Enough is enough with the antics of an irresponsible governor. We have never had it so bad in the state,” he stressed.
He reminded Nigerians of the antics of the PDP in the build-up to the 2015 general elections, where the APC was accused of cloning PVCs and plotting to hack into INEC database. However, it eventually proved to be baseless, he said.
He berated Governor Wike for shopping for all manner of pictures over the internet, all in an attempt to rope him into their evil plot and drag his hard-earned reputation into the mud.
Peterside accused the state governor of running a government of deceit where everything, including the state budget is shrouded in secrecy.
“Never have we had such a deceitful government in the history of the state. As at today, nobody has a copy of the state budget for 2016, not even members of the House of Assembly. Not too long ago, two of his commissioners appeared on a live radio programme and were asked by Rivers people where the state budget was, they admitted not knowing the budget of their respective ministries. Is that not a shame?
“Teachers, pensioners, civil servants, doctors, nurses, among others are being owed several months salary, yet the deceitful government continues to claim no worker is being owed. Nobody in Rivers state knows the value of projects awarded by Wike. He just wakes up and awards projects the way he likes,” he said.
He stated that Rivers State people were increasingly getting tired of the antics of the governor, whom he said, cries the most whenever elections are around the corner, while also threatening the lives of INEC officials, ad hoc staff and security agents.
He assured that the APC would win any free, fair and credible election in the state, as according to him, the party is well grounded and has the candidates who are widely accepted and responsible.
The former Reps member called on APC faithfuls in the state not to be deterred by the latest antics of the PDP, saying, in the end, the will of the people will triumph in favour of his party.