Update on Blasts in Rivers: Minister of Education Wike Fingered

The government of Rivers State has accused members of the Grassroot Development Initiative, founded by the acting Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike of masterminding the bombings in some parts of the state since last December to achieve the selfish agenda of his sponsors in Abuja.

“There was supposed to have been a court case involving Hon. Evans (on Monday) morning, and when the lawyers got to court, they found that the premises where the Nigerian Bar Association office is located had been burnt. While they were there, they discovered that there were still unexploded devices that were there...

“We have confidence on the Nigerian Police, but we do not have confidence in the Police in Rivers State as headed by Mbu. We have undoubted confidence that the police are professionals, but Mbu is an unprofessional politician and is not protecting the people.”

The state Commissioner for Information, Mrs. Ibim Seminitari made the revelations while addressing reporters in Port Harcourt, on the Sunday night explosion at the Ahoada High Court and the discovery of bombs at the Etche High Courts on Monday morning.

Explosive suspected to be bomb early yesterday morning rocked part of the premises of Ahoada High court in Ahoada East Local Government Area, destroying the building housing the secretariat of the state branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

Ahoada High Court is being presided over by Justice Charles Wali, who last December issued an injunction on the self-acclaimed Speaker of the House of Assembly, Evans Bipi, to stop parading himself as speaker.

The matter was to be heard on Monday, the unfortunate event reportedly took place about 2am.

Seminitari said the bombing of the Ahoada court premises and destruction of case files at Okehi were carried out by GDI members to destroy records of the matters involving Bipi, to stall proceedings of the matters before the courts.