Rivers government says APC is plotting to kill students

The Rivers State government says it has uncovered a fatal plot being hatched by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some evil-minded Nigeria Police officers.

In a statement made available to Pulse by Emma Okah who is the Commissioner for Information and Communications in Governor Nyesom Wike's cabinet, the government says the APC will "instigate the students of tertiary institutions in the State to embark on protest against non payment of bursary and in the process, a few will be shot by the police to give the State Government a bad name and label the State as unsafe".

The statement also added that "this plot is part of the orchestrated plan by the opposition and some police officers to continue to create crisis in the state, create fear in the minds of people, discourage inflow of investments and give the impression that the Governor is not competent".

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The statement warned students to stay away from any planned protest as the State Government will not be held responsible if any harm befalls any of them.

"While we recognize the right of any citizen to assemble and carry out peaceful protests within the law, the present planned protest by the students is politically motivated and laced with huge danger as nobody knows who may be killed in the process," the statement read.

It added that; "the protest is premature as there are several unexplored avenues for students' grievances to be addressed and resolved.

"The Commissioner further warns that students who may defy this caution will be doing so at their own risk as the Rivers State Government will have no hand in inviting police to quell the protesting students or in killing any of them."