Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that no governor in the country has challenged the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad like he did.
Wike who made this known while addressing #EndSARS protesters at the Government House, Port Harcourt yesterday, said the state has suffered more in the hands of SARS officials more than any state in the country.
He said when he was calling for the disbandment of SARS nobody listened to him. “When I talked about it they said it was politics, today everyone has seen it, he stated.
“If we do not reform the Police, the same SARS officers will be deployed to other units of the Force to continue their evil acts.
“It is not only to end SARS. Already, there is a pronouncement to scrap it. But every Nigerian should support the total reform of the Police,” he noted.
“SARS cannot and has never been our friend in Rivers state. They killed a lecturer at Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic.
“What we find in this country is that people play to the gallery. They hate people who speak the truth.”
“No Governor saw the need to speak out against that evil. That was because it was not happening in their States. Now the evil of SARS has touched them, they want everybody to join.
He urged the protesters to wait and hold President Muhammadu Buhari to his word since he has promised to reform the Police force.
