Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the government and people of the state would not participate in the proposed police probe panel on the rerun elections in the state, alleging that the police could not deliberately murder the people and turn around to investigate.
He further alleged that the probe had a predetermined goal to indict PDP members and commence their politically motivated prosecution.
He spoke on Sunday, at the Victory Thanksgiving Mass of the PDP at Our Lady’s Chaplaincy of the Catholic Institute of West Africa, for a successful rerun/supplementary elections.
He said: “We are not a party to their so-called panel. We have passed that stage and we cannot fall into the trap of a panel of inquiry. “After killing our people, you want us to assist you unravel what? It is the police that killed our people.”
The governor wondered why the police would claim it wanted to investigate issues surrounding the Rivers elections, when they were one of the interested parties involved in the attempt to subvert the will of the people.
He claimed that it was the Police High Command that refused to prosecute the APC chieftains caught on camera printing fake result sheets ahead of the elections.
He added that petitions that authority on the negative activities of top two law enforcement agents were disregarded.
He noted that even when one of them was videoed beating up electoral officers at the Rivers East Senatorial District Collation centre, the police swept it under the carpet.
“If it is a country that believes in its image, so many people would have lost their jobs. They cannot ask themselves why 28,000 policemen, yet to be ascertained number of soldiers, police dogs and horses, gunboats and helicopters could not police ordinary legislative elections.
“It is because the police were the ones committing the fraud, violence and election materials snatching. We are accusing the police of mass murder and they turn around to set up a panel of inquiry.
“After killing our people, you fraudulently set a panel of inquiry. Up till now, they don’t know that we are far ahead. This panel is a mere booby trap to indict PDP members. If they cared about lives, they wouldn’t do what they did,” Wike alleged.
The governor said that Rivers survived the onslaught of the federal might because of God’s grace and intervention.
“We are here to thank God for the victory he has given Rivers State. We came out from a battle and God was our leader during the fight. We owe God a lot”, he said.
In his sermon, Rev Mosgnr Pius Kii prophesied that the coalition of forces would never defeat Rivers.
The thanksgiving service was attended by PDP Leaders, Senators, House of Representatives members, the state House of Assembly members and Local Government Caretaker Committee Chairmen.