Rivers Government speaks on Wike’s son being killed in America

The Rivers State Government has refuted claims circulating on social media that the son of Governor Nyesom Wike was shot dead in the United States of America.

The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone, made the clarification while responding to a trending post on social media that Wike’s son was killed in the US over the governor’s alleged actions in the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State.

The post, which was titled ‘Breaking News: Wike’s only son shot dead in California, US over father’s act in Rivers election,’ showed the governor’s son in a convocation gown at his graduation in a United Kingdom University last year.

He was flanked by Wike, his wife Justice Suzette, and their daughter, posing for the cameras.

Finebone, in a statement titled ‘Yet again, another lie,’ sent to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, said that the governor neither has a son nor any child in the United States.

He said the post was the handiwork of wicked people who were bent on blackmailing and tarnishing the image of the Rivers State Governor. He urged members of the public to disregard the post.

“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,” Finebone said in the statement.

He added that the satanic rumor was yet another concoction by wicked people in their insidious quest to blackmail and tarnish the image of Gov. Wike. He called on the public to disregard the rumor and throw it into the trash can where it belongs.

The Rivers State Government has been battling rumors and fake news on social media platforms since the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.

The governor has been accused of various electoral malpractices, and the government has been debunking such claims.