Ahead of tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections across the country, the Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders and the entire people of Ogoni have decried the distribution of Hilux Vans to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Commander in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area.
A statement by the Ogoni chiefs, elders and the entire people under the aegis of Ogoni Ethnic Nationality and made available to theportcitynews said the Hilux Vans were sighted by the chiefs and elders when they were delivered to the SARS Commander in Bori.
The Ogoni elders and chiefs said sources close to the SARS Commander disclosed that he has given specific instructions to his boys who now go on rampages in some villages in Ogoni, to go out tomorrow and do everything possible to disrupt the elections, hijack materials and kill anyone who confronts them.
According to them: “Yesterday evening in Tai, in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State, the SARS Commander led his men to Tai, to attack innocent women and youths in the area.
“In the light of the above, the Ogoni Ethnic Nationality has warned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Chief Victor Giadom and Dr Dakuku Peterside whom they were reliably told was behind the evil plot, of the consequences of any trouble that happens in Ogoniland.
“If anybody is wounded, maimed or killed or any disruption of the elections in the Ogoni area tomorrow, as a result of this evil plots, we will not only hold Rotimi Amaechi, Victor Giadom and Dakuku Peterside responsible, we will declare them persona non grata in Ogoniland”, they vowed.
The body called on the international community, Acting Inspector-General of Police and others to wade in and call these ‘trouble shooters’ to order.
