Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State said the failed bomber in Rivers attempted to detonate an explosive device at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, in order to strengthen the calls for a declaration of a state of emergency in the state.
Supporters of Mr Wike on Monday began protesting in the state in solidarity with the minister, and on Tuesday, a man suspected to be one of the protesters detonated an explosive device around a five-star hotel, the Hotel Presidential, where members of the National Assembly were lodging.
"There was a plan to detonate dynamite at the Hotel Presidential because you people were there. But this God that we serve, it happened that the man who was trying to do it, detonated it. But just a few seconds after, it blew his hands off. The former chairpersons, who are Mr Wike's allies, are relying on the Rivers Amended Local Government Administration Law which extended their tenure by six months.
"Is it that the Constitution that governs Nigeria is different from the one that operates in Rivers State? These are the very pertinent questions we should ask.
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