Kidnap of Dornu Kogbara underscores breakdown of security ---- APC
(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State chapter,
has said that it was in great pains following the abduction of renowned
essayist /columnist, Ms Dornu Kogbara last Sunday in Port Harcourt by gunmen.
The APC, in a statement by Mr Chris Finebone, said: “A
sundry reflection on the security situation of our dear Rivers State indicates
that the several efforts made by the previous administration which
significantly brought criminality to its lowest ebb across the State have now
been reversed in just 3 months of the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike.
The present sorry state of security in the state did not come by accident.
“Before and during the last electioneering campaigns, the
APC warned that the worst thing that would happen to Rivers State was for
Nyesom Wike to become governor of our dear state especially with regard to
security of life and property. The warning was based on a clear assessment and
observation of the individuals who call the shots in the Rivers State chapter
of the PDP and those they chose to engage as their foot soldiers to snatch
electoral victory through the use of the gun.
“Today, the worst fears of the APC have come to stay in
Rivers State considering the skyrocketing level of killings, armed robberies
and kidnap sweeping through the length and breadth of the state with negative
impact on the economy and social life of the people and residents of the state.
“The APC would like to call on security agents in Rivers
State and beyond to do all they can to ensure a quick and safe retrieval of the
kidnapped journalist of international repute whose only crime was to visit the
family in Port Harcourt, her home state capital.
“It is the belief of the APC that Rivers people do not
deserve the present state of insecurity that has been imposed on them by a band
of individuals who deployed criminality to steal the peoples’ mandate and now
cannot find meaningful engagement for their foot soldiers who now resort to
self help in armed robbery, kidnap and other crimes. The PDP and its
governorship candidate sowed an ill wind of violence and we all are now made to
face the accompanying whirlwind.”
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