A group, League of Nigerian Voters (LNV) have lambasted the national chairman of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Chief Dan Nwanyanwu over his allegation against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike.
Nwanyanwu had accused Wike, who is also the immediate-past governor of Rivers State, of sending people to threaten his life, following his position on the ongoing political crisis in the state.
But, in a statement made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, LNV wondered what is ZLP Chairman’s interest considering his interference in the ongoing political crisis in the state ate, saying that his allegation of being threatened was to grab attention and gain relevance.
The statement, which was signed by the group’s national coordinator, Ella Susan; national secretary, Wariso Wariso and ex-officio, Dave Moore, accused the ZLP chairman of blowing out of proportion, an innocuous encounter between him and one Emmanuel Moses, an indigene of Emohua local government area of the state, who has no criminal records.
The group said there was the need to interrogate what transpired between Nwanyanwu and Moses at Transcorp Hotel, Abuja.
It reads in part: “At first glance, Dan Nwanyanwu’s comical outburst in his well choreographed video, would have passed off as a hilarious piece of situational comedy, if not for the serious allegations he levelled against a serving Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Ezenwo Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital.
“Ordinarily, what should have been strictly for laughs, at once became a serious National issue, with grave national security implications. Anyone who knows Dan Nwanyanwu, should have known the objective of that video, which is to grab attention and gain relevance.
“To get to the root of this whole saga, it is necessary to interrogate what actually transpired at the pastry shop of Transcorp Hilton. The incident which Dan Nwanyanwu has blown out of proportion was an innocuous encounter between him and Emmanuel Moses,a Rivers man from Emohua LGA .
“Emmanuel is a something of a comedian and a jolly good fellow with no criminal records whatsoever. On the day in question, on sighting Dan Nwanyanwu, he strolled over to innocently enquire why Nwanyanwu was intent on maligning a man who had done nothing to him,and whom he had ran to severally for favours in the past and whom he had been recently seeking appointments to meet without success.”
