Dr Austin Tam-George, the
Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, has said
the All Progressives Congress (APC) plans to launch a “campaign of
anarchy” in the state in the coming weeks.
Tam-George
raised the alarm saying the Rivers APC might be working in close
coordination with little known “civil society” organizations and other
faceless groups to instigate crisis in Rivers State.
In
a statement signed by the commissioner, the plan includes a series of
state-wide riots in apparent protest against the Rivers State
government, and Governor Nyesom Wike.
Tam-George
said the Gov's role in challenging the impunity by officials of the
Department of State Services (DSS), during the arrest of a federal judge
in Port Harcourt might be used as the reason for creating the planned
protest.
"The objective of the APC might be to
create a “climate of lawlessness”, which could lead to bank robberies,
attacks on strategic state assets, random assaults on young women in the
streets, and scare mongering in places of worship," the Commissioner
said.
Tam-George,
however called on security agencies to closely monitor the activities
of Rivers State APC leaders in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt, in order
to forestall the breakdown of law and order in the State.
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