Invasion of Mrs. Semenitari’s residence
Invasion of Mrs. Semenitari’s residence by Nyesom
Wike’s goons
... He did same, without orders, to
Omehia’s men as Amaechi's CoS in 2007
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The Rivers State Chapter of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, has
condemned yesterday’s,
Gestapo style invasion of the residence of the
immediate
past Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mrs.
Ibim
Semenitari, No. 12A Ernest Ikoli Street, Old G.R.A,
Port Harcourt,
which was allegedly ordered by Governor
Nyesom Wike.
“As part of that assault, the governor’s
team made up of over 10 fully
armed policemen, without
any warrant of any nature, forcefully entered
the
property and eventually took away a Lexus jeep duly
allocated to
Mrs Semenitari as Commissioner for
Information and which, by law, she
is entitled to leave
with upon leaving office under the
government’s
Monetisation Policy” a statement signed
by the party’s spokesman, Mr.
Chris Finebone
declosed.
The statement read full:
“Despite,
explanations offered by the erstwhile government official
by
telephone, the team insisted they were acting on the
orders of
Governor Nyesom Wike which clearly wanted them
to take the vehicle to
Government House, Port Harcourt.
In the process of forcefully entering
and removing the
Lexus jeep, they caused extensive damage to the
property
and another private SUV in the premises”.
“The APC
would like to recall that what is happening now is a
pen
picture of the true person, character and antecedents
of the man
called Nyesom Wike”.
“We recall that
this is exactly the template Nyesom Wike employed
against
the former officials of the administration of Celestine
Omehia
as soon as Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
assumed office as Governor
on 25th October,
2007”.
“A few days after he was appointed Government
House Chief of Staff by
the then Governor Amaechi, Nyesom
Wike launched a most vicious attack
on the former
Commissioners of Celestine Omehia in the guise
of
recovering stolen vehicles and other properties. He
would move with a
team of fully-armed soldiers and
policemen and invade the homes of
former Commissioners
and officials of Celestine Omehia from 3 am,
leaving
destruction and anguish behind”.
“Incidentally, one of
those who bore the brunt of Wike’s assault then
was
Emma Okah whom he swore in as Commissioner for Housing last
week”.
“Former Governor Amaechi had to call Wike to
order, educating him that
the provisions of government
Monetisation Policy empowered government
officials to own
duly allocated vehicles on leaving office. It was
that
timely intervention by his boss that caused Wike to desist
from
continuing with his wicked scheme at that
time”.
“It appears to the APC that Nyesom Wike has
returned to his old rule
books of malfeasance. But we
believe his reign of terror, reminiscent
of someone with
a low self-esteem, will become a thing of the
past
soon”.
ENDS