IPOB, Nyesom Wike At Loggerheads In Rivers State

The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is set to fight it out with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the nation reports.

The battle between the governor and the group, we have gathered, followed reports linking the governor to the recent hoax over a military vaccination and outreach for the monkeypox outbreak.

Reports have it that the duo were accused of fueling the panic caused by the vaccination rumour.

The source said: “Some of us think we can no longer trust this man. When Operation Python Dance II started clamping down on our members, we had thought that we can carry out reprisals in Rivers state since Governor Wike as a strategic partner should give us cover as someone in the opposition with a common enemy.

“The man has stopped dropping the agreed sum and for over 2 months no one has heard from him which is a further proof that he is practically playing games with the movement after achieving his aim.

“We were however jolted when Wike started saying things like IPoB are not welcome in Rivers or IPoB should not come to Rivers state, IPoB should stay away.

Much as some of us initially thought that his attitude was to cover the relationship he has with us at that time, we have now become suspicious since the October 17 court date when the Federal Government failed to produce our Supreme Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in court.

“The thing is that most of us now think that Wike knowingly allowed the APC (All Progressives Congress) to know that he was connected to the Monkey Pox vaccine message that we were sending around.

It was a surprise when APC linked Wike to it and later some CSOs even provided details that should only be known to those that planned the strategy. If we did not reveal the secret, which we know we did not, then it could only have been the governor,” the source added.