The Rivers State Government has debunked information making rounds in social media that the son of Governor Nyesom Wike was shot dead in the United States.
The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone, said this while reacting to a trending post in social media that Wike’s son was shot dead in the US over the governor’s alleged activities in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State.
Finebone, in a statement titled, ‘Yet again, another lie’, in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, said the governor neither has a son or any child in the United States.
According to him, the post emanated from those he described as wicked people who were bent on tarnishing the image of the Rivers State Governor and urged members of the public to disregard it.
The statement partly read, “This is a big lie by evil people. For the avoidance of doubt, Gov. Nyesom Wike has no son or child in the US. By the special grace of God, the governor’s children are safe and doing well where they are.
“This satanic rumour is yet another concoction by wicked people in their insidious quest to blackmail and tarnish the image of Gov. Wike. There is absolutely no truth in this cheap blackmail.
“The public should disregard and throw it into the trash can where it belongs.”
