Wike accuses security agencies, APC of plotting to kidnap Rivers REC
07 March 2019 |
9:03 am
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has raised the alarm of a plot by security agencies and the All Progressives Congress (APC ) to kidnap the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state to create an excuse for the postponement of the Governorship and State Assembly elections.
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