Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu in a telephone conversation on the eve of Edo governorship election ordered him to leave the state immediately, Igbere TV reports .

Wike was chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship campaign in Edo. PDP had alleged that more than 100 policemen laid a siege at the hotel where Wike and other PDP governors stayed on the eve of Edo polls.

PDP candidate Governor Godwin Obaseki won the election for a second term.

In an appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily on Friday, Wike said he perceived the IGP was upset with him because he challenged the illegal deduction of the Rivers State financial allocation for the police fund.

“The IG never saw me outside. I was inside my room and I got a call from the IG that I must leave Edo State. What surprised me was why should I leave Edo State? I am the chairman of the campaign council and the chairman does not mean that after the campaign, you leave. No, you must monitor what is going on so that at the end of the day, you would be able to write your report,” he said.

“I discovered that the IG’s own had nothing to do with the election because I remembered that some time ago my commissioner returned to me from a FAAC meeting and said there were deductions made to the Police Trust Fund.

“I asked who approved it because the police are under the exclusive list and not the concurrent list. I told my attorney-general to challenge it. This angered the IG.”

Igbere TV reports that Wike further stated that the police boss was angry with him for obstructing the arrest of a former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission Joi Nunieh.

https://igberetvnews.com/1365861/governor-wike-reveals-igp-asked-leave-edo-election-eve/

Lalasticlala

Wike my man

It's always for their own interest, never for the interest of the general public

Maybe he felt Wike's presence won't allow Gandollar to express himself by sharing dollars. So Wike was not qualified to be in Edo, but the APC governors were very well qualified to gallivant. These are the kind of moves that makes the U.S update their Visa ban list with more names.

Any opportunity they see, they bite.

wetin concern me?

Calm down Wike.

We all know that his main reason was the election. Edo has nothing to do with his police fund, and you leaving Edo would not have increased the police fund.

Wike the warrior

tinubu nightmare

Ur perceptions might not necessarily be right. He gave his reasons, no matter how flimsy they sounded, deductions from an account were not part of it. In the end, ur campaign committee came away with a major win. That should be the end of it. Avoid getting lost in a victory that u forget it’s not yet uhuru.

Calm down Wike.We all know that his core why was the reelection. Edo has Anything to do with his officers money, and you leaving Edo would not have increased the officers money.