Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Nigerian Army has been transformed into a political weapon that has abandoned her security responsibilities.

He stated that the disruption of the training of the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency Training programme by the Nigerian Army is the worst act of irresponsibility, aimed at instigating insecurity In the State.

He spoke at Odiokwu, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State where he flagged off the construction of a Model Primary Healthcare Centre, Odiokwu Internal Roads, Odiokwu-Anwuigboko and Odiokwu-Oyigbo Roads on Thursday.

"The Army is not concerned about the killing of soldiers in Borno. They are only interested in creating insecurity in Rivers State.

"If you don't want Rivers State to be safe, then Nigeria will not be safe. They want to use their guns against us", he said.

The governor said that Zamfara and Kogi States have vigilante outfits which were commissioned by the Nigerian Army and the APC Federal Government. He wondered why the Nigerian Army would stoop so low to disrupt a legal training exercise.

"Zamfara and Kogi States have vigilante groups. They commissioned them and the Chief of Army Staff did nothing. The House of Assembly passed a law approving the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency. The Chief of Army did not challenge the law in court, but today he sent troops to invade the training camp", he said.

The governor regretted that the Nigerian Army has been turned into an outfit to stoke insecurity in order to attract huge security votes.

He said: "The Army is the agency causing insecurity mainly to attract more security votes. They collected $1Billion from our excess crude account, yet our soldiers were killed.

"All they are doing is to intimidate people for political reasons. When you fight a state blessed by God, you will crumble. Nobody can intimidate us in Rivers State ".

Governor Wike said that the State Government worked with the Police, the DSS and other Federal Agencies to ensure that only law-abiding citizens are recruited by the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency.

"We did not hire boys for political reasons. This has been a transparent process and that is why the personnel are trained at the NYSC Orientation Camp at Nonwa.

"We involved the Police and the DSS to ensure that the trainees are profiled for the good of the society. The main aim of this agency assist the security agencies with intelligence and information, since there is a lacuna in this regard ", he said.

Governor Wike declared that the State Government will continue with the training. He said all the antics of the Nigerian Army will not deter the government and people of Rivers State.

"No one man has been a Chief of Army Staff forever. Every job has an expiry date. When Buratai leaves office, he will be held to account for his illegal actions.

"If they stop the training elsewhere, personnel of the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency will be trained at the Government House Port Harcourt ", the governor said.

On Thursday, Hundreds of soldiers armed with armoured personnel vehicles invaded the training camp of the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency, injuring several trainees.The training camp is located at Nonwa in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Simeon Nwakaudu

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It's Shameless for the Nigerian Army and Burutai to Engage in such Wickedness

Wike why are you always crying

Wike always lying

Cry cry Wike.
You can't be allowed to train terrorists.

Preaaaaaaaaach!

Cry cry Wike.
You can't be allowed to train terrorists.

Pastorlarry:
Wike why are you always crying

U are just shameless

Nigerian Army has been politicized. This is the most lawless civilian government i've seen.

Don't mind the military, that is why they are decimated by BH.

Lack of professionalism and indiscipline are career killers

Na ontop this kain things dem dey get might...
Shekau is frying their balls off NE

Every Institution this administration inherited, it has made an object of mockery in its pursuit for political gains.
The Nigerian Army earlier yesterday issued a statement that it discovered an "Illegal training camp" , but now the River State Government released a memo written to the Nigerian Army notifying them of its intention to create a neighbourhood security outfit.
Its a big shame, I know the NA to be a responsible, disciplined and principled institution, but what we are seeing today leaves us with a lot of questions begging for answers.
That's why peope don't seem to be sympathetic to them anymore when they are killed by Bokoharam.

Lagos, Zamfara and Sokoto all have neigbourhood security outfit, if it will not be operational in Rivers, then let it be shut down in every other state.

kogi vigilante group are even carrying guns with patrol vehicle with full military training yet the army did nothing in kogi so why are you destroying rivers own this is injustice and impunity by the army

They really are political weapon against the defenceless buh prey to boko boys

Same way Ameachi cried, pre 2015 election same way you will cry pre 2019 election, some of us are good student of history