Wike Orders Arrest Of Atiku’s Ally Over Alleged Oil Theft

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has ordered the arrest of Chinyere Igwe, an ally of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar over alleged oil bunkering in the state.

The order to arrest Igwe came a day after his filling station in Port Harcourt was sealed by the state government.

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Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives, is an ally of former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara.

Both Igwe and Opara are supporters of the PDP presidential flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar.

Speaking on the sealing of the filling station on Saturday, Wike claimed that the product from the filling station was gotten from illegal refineries popularly known as kpo-fire.

The governor, therefore, said his government will not tolerate oil bunkering.his 

Wike said: “If I hear anything that any filling station is involved in oil bunkering, I will close down that filling station and therefore I have directed the security agencies to know who has that filling station in Diobu and arrest that person and we are going to prosecute the person.

“It doesn’t matter how highly placed that person is. Some of you should be used to teach a lesson.

“Time has come, we cannot allow oil bunkering, we can’t.”

This is coming after Governor Wike warned that he would seal properties that are being used by politicians to destabilise the state. There was no indication as to the coincidence of the order by Wike to the fact that his order to arrest directed at Atiku’s ally.

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