Secretary to the Rivers State Government, SSG, Kenneth Kobani, has accused leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of not telling President Muhammadu Buhari the real truth about what Nigerians feel about his administration.
Kobani, in an interview with Vanguard, disclosed that chieftains of the APC give the President the impression that Rivers State is unsafe and should be forced to declare a state of emergency there.
According to him, tragic incidents occur in other Nigerian states, especially those governed by the APC, but similar calls are not made like for Rivers.
“You know I respect Mr. President very well. We must respect the president. If he is not given the right and proper advice then it is likely, he will make statements that will not be entirely true.
“Rivers state is not the deadliest state, it is certainly not. About 500 people were killed in Agatu, Benue state. I don’t think we had that number of casualties in Rivers State.
“You heard of Abia where they beheaded people. Kidnapping is reported in Lagos, Imo, and virtually all parts of the country. Look at the sad incident in Kaduna involving an army colonel, who was kidnapped and killed.
“Unfortunately, the APC leadership in the state continue to lie to Mr. President, and I think the president need to be very conscious of these type of characters because they have a long track of misleading people,” he said.
Kobani said Governor Nyesom Wike, Kobani was doing everything to redress the challenges of insecurity in the state, pointing out that most of the problems were inherited.
“We inherited multiple communal crisis encouraged by politicians from the other divide. When we came into office, we made sure we dealt with the problem of cultism that is a challenge in most parts of the state.
“In Ogoni area, we have resolved the situation in Bomu community. The bad boys have all dumped cultism. Between Dege and Webiera communities is also another long-standing problem. We are trying to bring those communities together. We are resolving boundary disputes that are behind some security challenges already,” he said.
