Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come under heavy criticism over his recent threat to kill members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and bury them like vultures.
The governor on Tuesday during the commissioning of construction work at the Ahoada Campus of the Rivers State University and the dualization of the Ahoada-Omoku Road in Ahoada Town said the IPOB members allegedly threatening the peace of the state would soon meet their“ funeral.
He was captured in a video saying “So, when people say, ‘IPOB, they’re carrying ‘Juju’, I say no problem. What’s happening, are they not dying? Let nobody deceive you with that juju.
“If you don’t repent, your funeral has come. You’ll die, your parents will not bury you. We’ll bury you like vultures. Either your hands will be cut off or we’ll blow your head off”.
HURIWA reacts
Reacting, a Nigeria-based popular human rights organization, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has lampooned Wike, threatening to drag the Rivers Governor before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands for making such a threat.
The rights writers, in a statement on Thursday, stated that the governor’s “power drunkenness that led him into threatening to carry out extralegal killings of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB ) will be challenged before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands if he carries through his primitive and unconstitutional threat.”
Aisha Yesufu fumes
Similarly, Nigerian activist, Aisha Yusuf slammed the River State Governor over threats to kill members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB in the state.
Reacting, the popular female activist described the threat as “absolute nonsense” saying that those around the governor would have booed him while he was making such a comment.
Her reaction was contained in a recent tweet on her verified Twitter handle.
The tweet reads, “How many have you killed and buried? What absolute nonsense is this? The audacity to threaten people and even brag about killing and burying!
“The people were there smiling sheepishly instead of booing him off. The arrogance of these low-grade rulers is irritating”.