The Rivers State Government has debunked rumours circulating social media that the son of the state governor, Nyesom Wike was shot dead in the United States.
Thelagostimes gathered that some unverified platforms, on Wednesday, reported that Wike’s son was shot dead in the US over the governor’s alleged activities in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.
The report was captioned ‘Breaking news: Wike’s only son shot dead in California, US over father’s act in Rivers election’ and was posted alongside a picture of the governor’s son in a convocation gown at his graduation in the United Kingdom.
However, in his reaction to the reports, the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone, said that the reports are false and targeted at tarnishing the image of the governor.
In a statement entitled ‘Yet again, another lie’, which was made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Finebone said the governor neither has a son or any child in the United States.
The statement read in part: “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 rumour is yet another concoction by wicked people in their insidious quest to blackmail and tarnish the image of Gov. Wike. There is absolutely no truth in this cheap blackmail.
“The public should disregard and throw it into the trash can where it belongs.”