Vanguard columnist, Dornu Kogbara
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State chapter, has decried the abduction of renowned essayist /columnist, Ms Dornu Kogbara last Sunday in Port Harcourt by unidentified gunmen.
The party stated that “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 three months of the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike.”
In a press statement issued by Chris Finebone, the state Publicity Secretary of APC, the party pointed out that the present sorry state of security in the state did not come by accident.
APC recalled that 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 the dear state, especially with regard to security of life and property.
The warning, according to the party, 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.
According to the party, “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 calls on security agents in Rivers State and beyond to do all they can to ensure a quick and safe rescue of the kidnapped journalist of international repute whose only crime was to visit the family in Port Harcourt, …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
