The Rivers state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has uncovered plot by the Rivers State Government to blackmail its leaders including Chief Chidi Lloyd and Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree in the state.
In a press statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, the party said the plot which was hatched and being perfected by some top government functionaries involves the printing of APC logo on T-shirts and handing same to select Neighbourhood Watch recruits who will go to carry out protests and violence in some predetermined local government areas to give the impression that such protests are being carried out by APC youths over the ongoing persecution of Chief Chidi Lloyd and Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree by the Rivers State Government under Nyesom Wike.
“The ultimate objective of the plot is to inundate the local, national and international media with the false information purporting same to be the handiwork of APC.
“The aim is to draw the attention of the public especially that of the diplomatic and international communities to a purported spate of violence by the APC in order to give the party and the federal government a bad name.
“The APC has no reason to embark on any exercise that will engender violence in Rivers State. Any matters concerning Chief Chidi Lloyd, Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree and indeed any other member of APC remain matters that will in due time be dispensed with by the court of law and not by any other means irrespective of the obvious sinister intentions of those behind such matters,” the statement read.
The party urged the state Commissioner of Police, the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to take notice of the plot.
In a swift reaction, Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Barrister Emma Okah, said the allegation is laughable, baseless, childish and watery.
He said the APC has the propensity of printing fake materials.
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