The governor made the comment while speaking to journalists after the security meetings he had with the heads of security agencies in the state on Tuesday, June 18.
According to The Punch, the security meeting took place at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The governor’s response to the growing political tension followed the expiration of the 23 local government chairmen’s tenure in the state.
It was learnt that the closed-door meeting centred on the renewed violence at the local government secretariats and the over situation of the state’s security.
Speaking with journalists after the meeting, the governor said the meeting with the heads of the security agencies was to brainstorm effective strategies to prevent the council secretariats from being invaded again.
Fubara further noted that one of the meeting’s objectives was to ensure stability and continuity of government functions in all parts of the state.
He warned that the immediate past chairmen of the local government chairmen should desist from the plan to unlawfully return to their expired office.
The governor said:
Governor Fubara then raised the alarm that his political enemies were plotting to target his supporters and arrest them, saying he would safeguard the residents and properties of the state.
His comment partly reads:
See the video of his address here:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers state and current minister of the FCT, has been described as a sleeping tiger.
Okanlawon Gaffar, an analyst who commented on the political crisis in Rivers, said the former governor could be silent, but that did not mean Governor Fubara had defeated him.
Gaffar maintained that it was a stage that Wike had passed through, and there were chances that he would know how to be defeated as a godfather and win.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
