Onengiyeofori George, the chairman of Asari Toru Local Government Area, has claimed that the youth of Rivers State were not accountable for the violent takeover of his council. He doubted their capacity to use such weapons in his local administration. He restated that it was not the youngsters who were committing these aggressive acts, implying that they were the product of outside planning. Declaring that the state of Rivers is beneath the governor, he questioned the governor’s apparent power.
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He said in an interview with Channels TV, ”The governor is the governor. The yam and the knife is with him and he should abide by the law. He did not obey the judgement of the court that said our tenure should be extended. It’s not Rivers state youth that stormed my council. Rivers state Youth cannot carry those kinds of guns to my Local Government? I have been calling the Inspector General of Police to rise to the occasion. The governor is not bigger than Rivers state.”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
