Rivers APC alleges Wike, PDP gang assassinated activist Aswuete

Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC), has fingered Governor Nyesom Wike and members of the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the murder, of activist lawyer Ken Aswuete.

Aswuete, a human rights activist, also said to be a strong opposition voice in the state, was assassinated on Monday morning in Aluu, Ikwere Local Government Area (LGA) of the state by unknown gunmen.

But APC, in a statement on Tuesday, signed by the state Chairman, Dr Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, accused the governor and members of his party of plotting and executing the murder of the barrister.

“Governor Wike and his PDP gang of vampires in Rivers State have once again exhibited the only act of governance known to them by plotting the assassination of Barrister Ken Aswuete, a well-known fiery critic of Wike’s administration and defender of Rivers State APC.”

The statement reads in part, “Barr Aswuete, a renowned human rights activist who was one of the speakers at the just concluded conference of the Nigerian Bar Association held in Port Harcourt, must have been assassinated principally for his stoic stand against the evil administration of Wike in Rivers State.

“The other reason why Barr Aswuete was killed was for his several petitions to the Inspector General of Police and to the Chief Justice of the Federation against the Chief Judge of Rivers State for being partisan by remanding his client Ojukaye Flag Amachree unjustly and wickedly.

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“The other fact that may have triggered the killing of this harmless man was his live interview on Nigeria Info 92.3FM radio station, in which he revealed that Wike and his myopic and misguided legal team procured a fake court order on the release of Tai election result to deceive themselves and the general public.”

“Wike right from the beginning has had serious phobia for the person of Barr Aswuete’s client, the former Chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Ojukaye Flag Amachree, the prisoner of war in the hands of Wike and his misguided government whom Wike and his PDP are afraid that if he is released before the rerun elections, PDP will fail woefully based on his popularity among the youths in Rivers State. Their belief is that in order to keep him off the field, Barr Aswuete had to die.”

The party also said it was regrettable that Atsuete’s assassination came shortly after Governor Wike recently attended a security meeting in Abuja with the Inspector General of Police, Director of Directorate of State Service (DSS), and Rivers APC leaders, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, Senator Magnus Abe, Dr Dakuku Peterside and Dr Davies Ikanya.

The party said Wike had at that peace meeting promised that there would no longer be any political killings in Rivers State, saying that APC, “will like to know from him how and why the harmless Aswuete was killed after this pledge,”

By Ebere Ndukwu …

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