Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Senate President Bukola Saraki’s Special Adviser on Youth Matters, Ikenga Ugochinyere, planned to cause chaos in Abuja, the DSS has alleged.
In a statement by its spokesman Tony Opuiyo on Tuesday evening, DSS said hoodlums, including three arrested youths and some organisations, were mobilised to ensure bloodletting capable of generating international reactions.
What is their agenda? Below is what DSS said:
“The DSS wishes to inform the general public that it has uncovered a sinister plot by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to disrupt machinery of governance in strategic Federal Government agencies by provoking a violent breach of peace in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, today, 22nd December, 2016 and beyond, especially at this Yuletide season.
“To achieve this, the Governor has secured the services of one Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, a personal aide to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki (Sen), to mobilise some hoodlums to execute their plan. The aim of the plot is to cause mayhem, a complete breakdown of law and order and cast the security agencies and the Federal Government in bad light.
“It is also intended to divert public and international attention from the ongoing Police investigation into the unwholesome role played by the governor and some of his cronies in the violence that trailed the re-run election in Rivers State which resulted in the gruesome murder of civilians, including the beheading of DSP Mohammed Alkali and some of his colleagues as well as the brutalisation of INEC staff who failed to do the bidding of the Governor.”
According to the security agency, there is an international dimension to the “treasonable” agenda as those arrested have been found with banners and posters meant to be used by a hired crowd of unemployed youth to galvanise hate against government agencies.
“In furtherance of this plot, protesters are to besiege the National Human Rights Commission, INEC, National Assembly, Nigerian Army and Police headquarters as well as British High Commission, US Embassy and the UN Secretariat, all in Abuja; in an effort to raise false alarm that Rivers State was under siege of security agencies during the elections.
DSS continued, “Part of the orchestration is to provoke the security agencies and prompt them to take action against the protesters that could result in bloodletting. It is in this line that Ikenga had gone to the outskirts of Abuja to mobilise unemployed youths to carry out his bidding – all this was to be done for a fee and resources to be provided from the treasury of the Rivers State Government.
“It is also worrisome that Ikenga would engage in this nefarious plot when, after his last arrest earlier this year by the Service, he had pledged to be law abiding and not to cause a breach of the peace.
“Though Ikenga is now at large, the trio of Emeka Idibia, Ugo Apuamagha and Ejike Nwachukwu have been arrested and are helping with further investigations; these men were picked up at the mobilisation venue trying to perfect the logistics for this unholy enterprise.
“The young men were hired by Ikenga to take custody of items and materials for the planned violent protest. The recovered items include banners, placards and posters with denigrating, inciting and hate inscriptions meant to impinge the authority of the Federal Government and further subvert the entire machinery of governance in the country."
