Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the Rivers State Governor, has said that the federal government has continued to play deaf ears to the slaughtering of people all over the country because it has chosen to trivialize issues of protection of lives and property.
Governor Wike stated this while reacting to a statement credited to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over the governor’s revelation that there was a plot by the Federal Government to assassinate him in a crowd.
Governor Wike said that it is unfortunate that the Federal Government will trivialize an issue of such sensitivity, saying that because the Federal Government has relegated the sanctity of human lives to the backyard, that is why they give conflicting reasons for the security challenges that have led to wanton killings in different parts of the country.
The governor maintained that it is indeed sad to note that the federal government has not shown enough care and interest as regards the issue of protection of lives and property as that is the main reason why people are killed in their numbers everyday.
Wike added that he will not be slaughtered easily, saying that they will not succeed in their plot.
The governor expressed shock that rather than say that this weighty intelligence report will be duly investigated , the Minister of Information is struggling to trivialize the matter.
He said that there are laid down constitutional processes of handling weighty issues of this nature, pointing out that it is unfortunate that the Federal Government has deliberately refused to follow the constitutional path.
