Amaechi responsible for killing, kidnappings in Rivers – Wike

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The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has revealed that the insecurity in the state started under the past administration.The governor made this statement on Sunday at the thanksgiving service at Saint Andrew’s Anglican Church, Okrika in honour of Patience Tam-George, the octogenarian mother of the Commissioner of Information, Dr. Austin Tam-George, who was held hostage for six days by kidnappers.

Gov. Wike was represented by the Secretary to the state government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani, the governor said, “We are happy that our mother, Ma Patience Tam-George, did not die in the hand of the kidnappers. The issue of security challenges we are facing was inherited, it is not from us. That is why the governor has encouraged the security agencies to fight crime.

“The governor has zero tolerance for crime. The Amnesty programme, which is also one of the approaches, is to give the cults a second chance.”

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