The Rivers State Government has refuted social media claims that Governor Nyesom Wike’s son was murdered in the United States.
Chris Finebone, the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, stated this in response to a trending social media post claiming that Wike’s son was shot dead in the United States over the governor’s alleged activities in the recently concluded Rivers State Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The post is captioned ‘Breaking news: Wike’s only son shot dead in California, US over father’s act in Rivers election’.
Our correspondent saw a photo of the governor’s son wearing a convocation gown at his graduation from a UK university last year, flanked by Wike, his wife Justice Suzette, and their daughter posing for the cameras.
However, in a statement titled ‘Yet again, another lie,’ sent to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Finebone stated that the government does not have a son, or any child, in the United States.
He said the post was the handiwork of those he described as wicked people who were bent on blackmailing and tarnishing the image of the Rivers State Governor and urged members of the public to discountenance it.
The statement partly read, “This is a big lie by evil people. For the avoidance of doubt, Gov. Nyesom Wike has no son or child in the US. By the special grace of God, the governor’s children are safe and doing well where they are.
“This satanic rumor is yet another concoction by wicked people in their insidious quest to blackmail and tarnish the image of Gov. Wike. There is no truth in this cheap blackmail.
“The public should disregard and throw it into the trash can where it belongs.”
