Why I Prayed For More Killings, Kidnapping In Nigeria – Wike

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has given reasons why he prayed for killings, kidnapping and armed robbery to spread across the country.

According to him  he had warned the federal government concerning insecurity in the country, but he was not taken seriously.

Wike, while addressing #EndSARS protesters in Port Harcourt, the state capital, alleged that the federal government thought he was playing politics with the rate at which attacks were reoccurring in his state.

Describing the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) as a bad unit, Wike said no other governor has spoken against the excesses of SARS like he has done.

He lent his support to the protesters saying that River state, has suffered more than any other state in the hands of the police.

“Nigerians like people who dance to the gallery but I’m not one of those governors and I will never be,” he said.

“I will say it the way it is whether people like it or not. Remember when there was so much kidnapping in my state, I raised an alarm to the federal  government, they said it was politics. Then I prayed to God that armed robbery, kidnapping, killing will take over the entire country. Has it not taken over the entire country now?

“Mine is no longer politics. Nobody has suffered, no state has suffered in the hands of SARS like Rivers state. I’ m the only governor who has come out openly to fight against SARS and I say they must scrap this SARS.

“No governor came out, no one, no one came out that SARS should be scrapped. So, we have lost so many people because of SARS. When I was shouting in this country, I was shouting about SARS but no one state supported Rivers State. Not one state. Fine. SARS has killed our people a lot, I cried and cried, no state agreed and you want to tell me that the same SARS has gone to kill people in other states. Now, it has got to them. Now you want me? When they were killing my people, I was shouting, nobody answered, now, they have killed their own people too and they have seen how bad SARS can be.”

Wike, made a U-turn today, after he  had earlier banned protests in the state.

The #EndSARS campaign has gained momentum across the country, with protesters blocking major highways as a measure to press home their demands.