All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside further described the killings in the state as barbaric, horrendous and inhuman.
Dakuku Peterside.All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside has condemned the upsurge of political violence in the state.
Peterside further described the killings in the state as barbaric, horrendous and inhuman.
The APC candidate made the comments during a chat with Vanguard.
“Some
politicians in Rivers state believe they must get power at all cost and
that is the root cause of the insecurity in Rivers state today. People
are slaughtered, beheaded, burnt, clubbed to death daily in the state
and nobody is saying anything about it,” Peterside said.
“The
state government has gone to sleep when it comes to security as if it
is not part of their responsibility. The situation in Rivers today is
tragic, terrible, horrendous, frightening, simply inhuman. This is not
who we are in Rivers state.
“24 persons were
killed in one night at Omoku, 4 persons killed in Obibi Etche in one
day, somebody burnt alive in Buguma, another person buried alive in
Gokana, someone clubbed to death in Opobo and so on and so forth. What a
gory tale fit for primitive societies. It is not only worrisome but it
diminishes our humanness.
“Military presence in
the state is more than justifiable and the story line being peddled in
some quarters that the military are killing people is not true. What you
have been hearing are stories by some selfish politicians who want the
Nigerian military out of the area to enable their own army to continue
to hold sway to the detriment of the ordinary people,” he added.
The increased violence in Rivers is believed to be connected to the State and National Assembly rerun elections which will hold on Saturday, March 19, 2016
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