The Federal Government has said but for the immunity enjoyed by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, he would have been picked up by security agents over his allegation that there was a plot to assassinate him by the government at the centre.
The position of the Federal Government was stated by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday.
Mohammed who spoke with State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, dismissed the allegation, saying if not because the governor enjoyed immunity from prosecution, he would have been summoned by relevant security agencies to prove the allegation.
Wike had on Sunday alerted Nigerians that the Federal Government was plotting to assassinate him in a crowd and claim accidental discharge.
The governor made this known at the third year anniversary thanksgiving service of the Wike administration at Living Faith Church in D-Line, Port Harcourt on Sunday.
He said: “Intelligence report available to us as at this morning indicate that they are plotting to assassinate me in a crowd and claim it was accidental discharge.”
The minister, however, condemned the allegation, adding that Wike was only enjoying the privilege of being a serving governor.
He said: “I think one of the beauties of being a governor is that you enjoy immunity from prosecution and arrest.
“Because I remember a couple of years ago when I made similar allegations, I was invited to Force Headquarters.”