THE DEATH OF BAR. KEN ATSUETE - THE DEBACLE OF RIVERS STATE APC - By Princewill Emejuru

The sudden death of Bar. Ken Atsuete, one of the finest lawyers of our generation and a Port Harcourt based human right lawyer came as a rude shock to everyone knew him directly or indirectly on that faithful day.

Ken was described by many according to the level and how close they related with him. Some who have had direct contact with him described him as a man that always stands to defend the oppressed irrespective of who you are, some described him as voice to the voiceless. Others who knew him from a distance, saw him as one that has redefined the legal profession and the business of activism.

But what surprised many was the manner the Rivers State APC tried to politicise the death of the young and vibrant lawyer whose life was cut short at its prime in a bid to attract sympathy. The APC through their State party chairman in Rivers State Davis Ibiamu Ikanya and the defeated Governorship candidate in the 2015 general election Dakuku Adol Peterside made some bogus and unfounded allegations against the Rivers state government and the PDP in Rivers State. These APC prognosticators in their usual manner of claiming every dead person to be their member and in a bid to deceive the unsuspecting public claimed that
(1) the late Bar. Atsuete was a card carrying member of APC
(2) the late Bar. Atsuete was murdered because he threatened to expose the next week how the PDP in Rivers according to their feeble imaginations secured a fake injunction to stop the declaration of Tai result.
(3) the late Atsuete was murdered so he won't speak up.

The APC made all these claims and prognosis on the death of Bar. Ken irrespective of the position of the Rivers State Command that the late Ken was killed in a botched kidnap attempt on his neighbour. The APC in Rivers State went as far as organising a protest demanding that Rivers State Government should give account of the death of the late human right lawyer and these false hood they spread through the social media using their social media goons as vehicle for transporting the lies and false claims.

Now the falsehood of the APC has been exposed and they are to face the fiasco of their lies.

The police high command in Abuja recently paraded the suspected killers of the late Atsuete and also made a statement corroborating the earlier position of the Rivers State command of the police force, stating that Ken was not assassinated but was a victim of botched kidnap attempt. The suspects in their confession also said they never knew the late Ken until that faithful day and that he was mistakenly shot during a struggle in a kidnap attempt.

Now that the truth is known, the question now is who killed Bar. Ken Atsuete, is there anything APC knows that the public don't know, why was the APC quick to point accusing fingers to the state government even when the police a body charged with the authority to investigate such matter has stated it was not assassination but kidnap case.

Mr. Ibiamu Ikanya and Dakuku Peterside should tender an open and unreserved apology to the following
(1) the people of Rivers State and the entire public for deceiving them.
(2) the family of the late Ken Atsuete for making them believe what is not true and traumatising them further.
(3) the Rivers State government,
(4) the PDP and
(5) the governor of Rivers State HE Chief Bar. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for making unfounded accusations against them.

The APC and their prognosticators should hence forth stop making unguided utterances aimed at deceiving the massed and to attract sympathy to themselves