Wike Accuses Police of Plans to Raid His Abuja Home, Plant Incriminating Objects

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, accused the Inspector general of Police, Ibrahim Idris of planning to raid his Abuja home and plant incriminating objects there.

The latest accusation is coming after the governor accused the IG of planning to assassinate him.

Speaking to journalists at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike said he was not afraid of the “evil plan” but just wanted to inform the public about it.

He also repeated the allegation that the chief of police is after his life.

According to The Nation, Wike said Idris received the order to raid his house on Monday but has postponed it till Tuesday because of the holiday.

He claimed that the police expect to find money, expensive wristwatches and millions of naira during the planned raid but vowed that they will end up finding nothing of the sort.

The governor said he will be in Abuja during the week to physically see how the police will break into his house in the name of raid.

“First of all, I don’t stay in the lodge; I have never stayed in the lodge since I became governor. I live in my private house in Abuja, in Asokoro. Now, what they have done in that order they want to get from the court is that they did not indicate who owns the house or who is living in the house.

“Obviously, the court will be wary of searching a governor’s house because of immunity. But to beat that they did not indicate that it is the Governor of Rivers State House. I am not afraid. If you want to search my house, I live in Port Harcourt, I have my house in the village and I have my house in Old GRA. So, you can come and search.

“I don’t live in Abuja and I cannot keep anything in Abuja. They can go and plant either AK-47 or $1 million and say they found it in the governor’s house. They can even put wrist watches that are so expensive that cost up to $10 million and say ‘oh! we discovered it from the governor’s private residence.’

“You cannot gag everybody; people must have their opinions on issues. That I have my opinion on a certain issue does not mean that you have to go after the person’s life.”

The Governor and the police have been having a running battle since the police accused him of bribing elect0ral officials in the just concluded Rivers Re-run elections.

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