The Department of State Services (DSS) has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State of engaging in a sinister plot to mobilize hoodlums to breach the peace and disrupt the machinery of governance via violent protests in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

In a statement released today and signed by Tony Opuiyo, the DSS alleged that Mr. Wike had recruited one Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, a personal aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki, to mobilize hoodlums to execute the violent protests which, according to the DSS, are meant to start today and continue for several more days.

The DSS stated, “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 a 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 brutalization of INEC staff who failed to do the bidding of the Governor.”

The DSS said Governor Wike wanted to his hired protesters “to besiege the National Human Rights Commission, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), National Assembly, the Nigerian Army and Police Headquarters as well as British High Commission, US Embassy and the UN Secretariat, Abuja.” The statement added that the protests were designed to “raise a false alarm that Rivers State was under siege of security agencies during the elections.”

It continued: “While the obvious aim is to draw public sympathy and international attention to spurious allegations of involvement of Federal agencies in violence during the last elections in Rivers State, the actual objective is really to trigger a round of violent action against the government and create the opportunity for idlers to join the deceitful protest. Part of the orchestration is to provoke the security agencies and prompt them to take action against the protesters that could result in bloodletting.”

The agency alleged that Senator Saraki’s aide had recruited some unemployed youths from the outskirts of Abuja to carry out the violent protests. “All this was to be done for a fee and resources to be provided from the treasury of the Rivers State Government,” said the DSS. It added: “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.”

The DSS stated that Mr. Ugochinyere was now on the run, but disclosed that the security agency had arrested three collaborators, Emeka Idibia, Ugo Apuamagha and Ejike Nwachukwu. “These men were picked up at the mobilization 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,” said the DSS.

The DSS further stated that, in order to lend a veneer of credibility to their plot, Mr. Ugochinyere and his collaborators had enlisted such groups as Lawyers in Defense of Democracy (LDD) and Citizens for Good Governance (CGG) “as cover to supposedly make them look like serious-minded civil rights groups and thus bring them into collision course with security agencies.”

According to the security agency’s spokesman, investigations pointed to Mr. Ikenga Ugochinyere as the field organizer and coordinator of the planned protests while Governor Wike was “his sole financial sponsor.” The agency stated, “The DSS is disturbed that the Governor who is the Chief Security Officer of the State will stoop so low to hire thugs and hoodlums to attack the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and create an atmosphere of chaos and disorder at this yuletide season.”

The DSS declared that it and other security agencies would not be cowed or “allow any person or group of persons no matter how highly placed to subvert Nigeria’s statutory institutions meant to protect critical installations and law-abiding citizens.”

It vowed the determination of all security agencies to conduct their constitutionally mandated duties and to conclude investigations into the Rivers State electoral violence.

The DSS restated its commitment to protect lives and property in Nigeria’s capital and throughout the country. It implored youths being lured by “desperate politicians” to resist the temptation of being used “to undermine the government or engage in acts capable of causing a breakdown of law and order.” It promised that all who threaten the peace and stability of Nigeria would be prosecuted, and urged all Abuja residents to go about their normal businesses.


http://saharareporters.com/2016/12/22/nigeria%E2%80%99s-secret-police-accuses-rivers-governor-wike-sponsoring-violent-protests-using

Nigeria is truly a jungle, cos I don't know why most of our political leaders and office holders are thugs and crazy people, they are all the same PDP and APC, Very few are normal. May God protect us, the youth and the young ones. Just imagine

. The recovered items include banners, placards, and poste[color=#006600][/color]rs 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,” said the DSS

So after all the rat chase,this is what they got and they still have mouth to say it! Is alright.

This is just palm wine joint intelligence report.
Very demeaning of a country.

Lolz, wike dey really give them headache

I thought they were caught with weapons.

So all those things they confiscated seemed like weapons of mass destruction to them?

This is the kind of gist told in Mma Ezekiel's bush meat and overnight Palmie bar.


Very shameful of DSS.

DSS has gone to the dogs!
This report is fueled by APC and aimed at pitching Wike against the presidency and thus invoking a state of emergency on River state or better still bring up charges of treason against him.
This kind of dirty politics isn't healthy for our nation.
APC can protest against Wike in Abuja but his supporters are not allowed to do same?
If this trend continues,2019 will be very bloody all thanks to the precedent been set my the ruling party in connivance with security agencies!

NormalCodes:
I thought they were caught with weapons.

Banners and placards are weapons of mass destruction, don't you know?.
And protests are a declaration of war........on any dictatorship

And Rivers State denounced Biafra and pledged loyalty to one Nigeria. Enjoy it. No complain

This is part of d reason i came to d conclusion that PMB is dull:which president anywhere in the civilized world wud av in his possesion evidences of d murders,arson,maimings,blocking of franchise,blocking of lawful activities of a federal law enforcement agency,by a state governor,yet neither has a clue on how to rein in or remove that governor?
Rivers state indigenes were murdered on d orders of Wike,houses burnt,many maimed,APC opposition members murdered,maimed or driven out of d state yet d cattle rearer sits in Aso rock going to 2yrs since Wike started his murdering spree,neither concerned nor perturbed.
After being played like a child by Saraki,treasonable acts by Fayose,amongts other unlawful activities,and now running a state within a state by Wike,I started doubting the mental and intellectual capacity of PMB to govern Nigeria.A dying YarAdua did far better.

doctokwus:
This is part of d reason i came to d conclusion that PMB is dull:which president anywhere in the civilized world wud av in his possesion evidences of d murders,arson,maimings,blocking of franchise,blocking of lawful activities of a federal law enforcement agency,by a state governor,yet neither has a clue on how to rein in or remove that governor.
Rivers state indigenes were murdered on d orders of Wike,houses burnt,many maimed,APC opposition members murdered,maimed or driven out of d state yet d cattle rearer sits in Aso rock going to 2yrs since Wike started his murdering spree,neither concerned nor perturbed.
After being played by a child by Saraki,treasonable acts by Fayose,amongts other unlawful activities,and now running a state within a state by Wike,I started doubting the mental and intellectual capacity of PMB to govern Nigeria.A dying YarAdua did far better.

Stop spamming threads with this nonsense,man.
Read the report,make use of your grey matter and tell me if this disjointed nonsense make any sense to the right thinking.
BTW,Wike can run a state within a state in a federation.Government 101.

Thunda fire did post!

Useless Agency that cannot uncover boko haram plot to bomb Adamawa state or kano

All three men arrested are all Igbos...exporting hatred to other regions..Tufiakwa!

Cock and bull story...

Dss shoe shiner

I blame PMB for allowing Wike to have festered. The bastard was busy unleashing mayhem unchallenged for a looooong time with all the Fed security agencies pretending they don't know what was happening till he was able to bribe Supreme court Justices to legitmately seal a stolen mandate. Now he is turning his guns on the state .

Buhari is a bloody joke


Apc is shame
Imagine this hogwash


Wikes phones are tapped

He needs to be careful
His office is likely bugged too

What abt d video we saw where police officers were harassing INEC officials and snatching ballot boxes? Nothing is being done abt it by d DSS because the sponsors of that act are known APC members. that one has died a natural death.

Now they arresting people with banners and placards saying they planned violence. I wonder when pieces of clothes and papers became weapons of violence.

Meanwhile few days ago, people with banners and placards were seen protesting in abuja against wike & DSS didn't see them as causing violence and even gave then protection.

We are watching

Mmmmmh

I think DSS just lost my vote.

Recovered banners and placards? What happened to civil organized protests? So people can't be heard anymore? Where were they during the subsidy protests, IMN marches and all that? Why are they been selective in discharging their illegal duties because averting protests isn't part of the act establishing them.

National security is the watch word as I suggest they limit their public display and support for a particular political party.

Marilyn Ogar and Ita Ekpeyong made that same mistake.

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NgeneUkwenu:
All three men arrested are all Igbos...exporting hatred to other regions..Tufiakwa!

So Rivers indigenes don't bear Igbo names?

Lol,what do you expect from people who break into judges house at night,who can't uncover bokoharam plot to bomb nigerians,who can't do anything abt SARS officials beating up election officials in Rivers?
They need to put up a show na,atleast they need to earn their salary.
God forbid,na CIA abi na FBI no get time to arrest protesters?

This same Tony Opuiyo of the DSS was the man who tried causing ethnic crisis by claiming that IPOB members have killed and buried 5 fulani herdsmen in Abia state.

When challenged to produce the bodies and the site where the bodies were buried, the dude backed off.

He is the Lai Mohammed and Chemical Ali of the DSS.