The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has condemned in the strongest terms the needless violence and killings that trailed the State and National Assembly re-run elections which in held in Rivers State on Saturday, December 10, 2016.
In a statement issued in Abuja, signed by the Co-ordinator, Muhammad Labbo and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, the BMSG, described as “despicable, the desperate approach adopted by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to win the elections by all means.”
“While in every contest winners and losers are bound to emerge, it beats any reasonable imagination that the state governor will constitute himself into an obstacle for the successful, smooth and peaceful conduct of the re-run elections,” the group said.
The BMSG added: “It takes exception to the confrontational attitude of Governor Wike towards the Federal Government, especially in times of elections.”
“Governor Wike’s support for violence before and during the elections was well known,” the group said adding that his “political trajectory is characterised by thuggery, violence and intimidation of constituted authorities’.”
The statement said it has become imperative to remind Governor Wike that President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to free and fair elections enabled PDP to win two out of three senatorial seats in the just-concluded re-run elections.
Despite the mature disposition of the President, the BMSG said it was unfortunate that Governor Wike did not deem it necessary to give peace a chance by supporting the present administration in its efforts to secure and stabilize the nation’s polity in general and Rivers State in particular.