Demola Olarenwaju, the Special Assistant on Digital Media Strategy to former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of attempting to use the police to incite violence in Rivers State.

On Friday, October 4, 2024, Rivers Governor Siminialayi Fubara, along with security authorities, stormed the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) after the police tried to confiscate materials for the upcoming election.

Rivers State’s local government election is set to take place on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Fubara issued a warning that any attempts to prevent the election from taking place would lead to chaos in the state.

In response to the incident that occurred around 1am on Friday, Olarenwaju said, “Tinubu’s Minister, Wike, is dragging the courts and the police into his political beef with his successor, Governor Sim Fubara, whom the people are with.

“It is a shame to him and his record as a former governor that he wants to set his own state on fire, but Fubara is fully onground.

“Terribly sad and absolutely condemnable that Nyesom Wike, in connivance with the IGP, are fomenting trouble in Rivers. This is entirely on APC under Tinubu’s watch.

“A sad throwback to the dangerous federal gangsterism days of early democracy that Rivers’ people must resist.”