Four persons formerly in detention in connection with the fire that engulfed Rivers House of Assembly, said they are under pressure to implicate Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Chime Ezebalike, Kenneth Kpasa, Oladele Lukman, and MacPherson Olumini were locked up in Kuje Correctional Facility for about six months in suspicion that they were behind the assembly arson.
Freedom, however, came their way in November 2024 when they were cleared of the charge, and consequently left off the hook.
Speaking at a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Monday, Ezebalike on behalf of his colleagues said they have another thing to contend with, as a prominent PDP leader in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area allegedly want them to indict Fubara’s Chief of Staff of the arson.
“We were asked to rewrite our story and falsely name Edison Ehie as the mastermind of the Assembly fire.
“This is after everything we have been through. We cannot be part of any nefarious plot, especially not after the trauma we endured,” he said.
They further stated that they are being used to implicate Ehie in the Assembly fire, the murder of Bako Angbashim, a DPO in the Ahaoda Area, and an alleged assassination attempt on the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule.
