Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Chris Finebone, asked the police to properly investigate Maeba’s claims.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Rivers State Government has suggested that Chairman of the PDP Campaign Council for Rivers, Senator Lee Maeba, may have stage-managed the attack on his home for political reasons.
Maeba had said that one of those who attacked his residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital called and told him that they had instructions from “some quarters” to kill him.
The former senator, who represented Rivers South-East at the National Assembly, insisted that the hoodlums were after his life.
Maeba said, “They shot at the gate and forced it open. They climbed the second gate and tied up the security man. They entered the compound and were shouting ‘Where is he? Where is he? Only one bullet will solve this Atiku problem’.
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“My elder brother was standing somewhere there and they descended on him. The next thing they started doing was to use the butt of their guns to destroy the cars.”
Maeba added, “I only work for Atiku, yes. I am an Atiku supporter. What has that got to do with attacking my house in a bid to kill me? This is democracy and I am a democrat.”
However, Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Chris Finebone, asked the police to properly investigate Maeba’s claims.
He said: “It is not strange to find politicians staging high-level melodrama to either cover up their tracks or muddle up the waters to achieve a preconceived narrative aimed at hoodwinking the public for political reasons especially at a time like this.”
The Rivers commissioner said Maeba should help security agencies by recalling exactly whom the caller said sent the attackers.
