The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, said President Muhammadu Buhari has never contemplated declaring a state of emergency in the state.
Governor Nyesom Wike, at the weekend, alleged that President Buhari told him that he was under pressure to declare state of emergency in Rivers State.
The APC, in a press statement issued yesterday in Port Harcourt by its state Chairman, Dr. Davis Ikanya, said President Buhari never complained to Wike of any pressure to declare state of emergency in Rivers State.
The party expressed shock that Governor Wike could bring the exalted office of the governor to odium in such a reckless manner to ascribe to President Buhari something he never said.
“To the best of our knowledge, the three things that Wike discussed with Mr. President were the issues of the Ogoni Clean Up and the Nkpogu Junction incident with Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, where attempt was made on the life of the minister. The other issue discussed was the detention of Wike’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) for one week,” the statement said.
The party, therefore, urged Wike to formally apologise to President Buhari for ascribing words he never uttered.
