No Nigerian Governor Is In Charge of Security – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has claimed that Nigerian governors are not in charge of securing their states.

He stated this on Friday while appearing on Channels Television Sunrise Daily.

According to the Rivers governor, no Governor in the country is a chief security officer of their states.

He said instead, the Governors should be seen and referred to as logistic officers.

“They [Governors] are chief logistic officers. No Governor is a chief security officer,” he said.

“When it concerns providing logistics that’s what we do. But talking about being Chief Security Officer…no. What control do you have?

“When I as a Governor wake up in the morning, I can’t find my ADC, I can’t find my orderly and I ask questions, they say they have all been withdrawn. So what Chief Security officer are you?”

Meanwhile, Wike has denied funding the re-election campaign of Governor Godwin Obaseki.

He stated that Obaseki was a sitting governor so he has the capability to fund his own re-election.

Wike also warned Obaseki against leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and returning to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Rivers governor stated that the people of Edo State will not be happy with Obaseki if he returns to the APC.