Governor
Nyesom Wike and the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, have accused
each other of assault after their security aides clashed in Port Harcourt on
Saturday.
Mr. Wike said he was attacked by officers of
the police special anti robbery squad attached to Mr. Amaechi’s convoy.
In a statement by his spokesperson, Simeon
Nwakaudu, the governor said he was on project inspection when he was attacked
at Nwanja Junction on Trans-Amadi Road, Port Harcourt.
“The SARs Personnel and Soldiers in the
Minister’s convoy hit down the Governor’s Escort Rider and attacked the
policemen in the pilot car,” the statement said.
“Also part of the attack, was the Commander of
Rivers SARS, Mr Akin Fakorede who received the Minister of Transportation at
the Port Harcourt L Airport and accompanied on his trip.”
“The Minister of Transportation had over 50
SARS Personnel, Soldiers and Mobile Policemen in his motorcade.”
Mr. Wike was unhurt, the statement said.
But Mr. Amaechi denied the claims, saying that
“gun-totting security men attached to Wike’s convoy” surrounded Mr. Amaechi’s
car, threatening to shoot him.
In a statement, the former Rivers governor said
although he eventually passed through unhurt, his car was “vandalised with a
broken side mirror”.
“Accompanied by cars of many of his supporters,
the minister’s black jeep was intercepted and blocked at the junction by the
security motorcycle outrider attached to Wike after two cars had passed
through.”
“One of the two cars had security men assigned
to protect the minister in Port Harcourt. Suddenly, gun-toting security men
attached to Wike’s convoy, surrounded the minister’s car, threatening to shoot
him.”
“They
hit the car, tried to smash the windscreens, back and side windows and broke a
side mirror. All through this attack, Amaechi remained calm, inside the
fortified Jeep. While the attack occurred, Wike remained inside his vehicle.”
The statement said the minister eventually
passed through after the intervention of the security team on ground to protect
him in Port Harcourt.
“However,
when governor Wike got to the point where the incident occurred after Amaechi’s
vehicle had gone by, his security men blocked the road again, dragged out from
a vehicle and thoroughly beat up a policeman attached to protect Amaechi in
Port Harcourt. The policeman’s rifle was also taken from him,” the statement
said.
Governor Wike recently accused officers of the
special anti robbery squad of being behind the series of kidnappings and armed
robbery incidents in the state.
- Premium Times
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