Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has stated that the state has gotten intelligence information indicating that some misguided politicians have begun recruiting cultists, ex-convicts, and thugs in order to advance their political ambitions for 2023.
Wike made this statement during a state broadcast monitored by truthlive.net.
The governor stated that the State government is aware that hotel and entertainment center owners are in the process of renting out their properties to politicians and political parties as a convenient base for the assembling of these political thugs across the State.
Governor Wike, while saying that that the State government does not take intelligence reports lightly, warned that no politician, no matter his prior or current position, will be availed the chance or opportunity to upset the prevailing peace and security in Rivers State.
Wike said: “Similarly, we will not allow any political party, be it the All Progressives Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party or the Social Democratic Party to threaten the safety and security of lives and property during the campaigns with mayhem, thuggery or violence.
“Accordingly, we have already alerted and set the security agencies on the trail of these misguided politicians and leaders of political parties and stop them in their tracks with the full weight of the law.
“We also wish to warn owners of hotels and proprietors of relaxation centres to take notice and desist from releasing their facilities for politicians and party leaders to use to meet and plot against the peace, safety and security of our State.”
Speaking further, the governor warned that the State government will pull down hotels and other entertainment places that are linked with such criminal political activities.