ANOTHER CRISIS LOOMS IN RIVERS: WIKE’s GROUP VOWS TO HOLD RALLY TOMORROW AS PLANNED BY PRO-AMAECHI’s GROUP Supporters of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and those of the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, are poised for a war of rallies in the state tomorrow, a week after the police broke up a similar gathering in Port Harcourt. Senator Magnus Abe (Rivers Southeast),a supporter of the governor was shot by the police,at that rally and is currently receiving treatment abroad. The pro-Amaechi rally,organised by Save Rivers Movement (SRM),is scheduled to take place at Bori, the traditional headquarters of Ogoniland and the seat of Khana LGA while the pro-Wike rally is the brainchild of Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI). It is slated for Degema-Kalabari, headquarters of Degema LGA. Spokesman for GDI, Omunakwe Godwill, said yesterday in Port Harcourt, that the group’s rally would go ahead as planned as Wike is determined to ‘rescue’ Rivers people from impunity. Counsel to the pro-Amaechi SRM, Ken Atsuwete, said on phone that he was at the Rivers police headquarters Port Harcourt yesterday to deliver a letter for Police Commissioner, Joseph Mbu to inform him of the Bori rally. Atsuwete, a human rights activist, said SRM’s letter was to ensure protection by the security personnel and not for police permit. Mbu had declared that it was not yet time for political campaigns and vowed to stop any political gathering in the state. Atsuwete saw nothing wrong in the two rival groups holding rallies simultaneously.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:14:48 +0000
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