APC cannot win any election in Rivers State ---Gov Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Senate Minority
Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Enyinaya Abaribe on Tuesday
during the solidarity visit of Senate PDP Caucus to
celebrate PDP victory during the rerun elections at the Government House, Port
Harcourt.
(Nigeria) Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that
the All Progressives Congress, APC, was
not in a position to win any election in the state, adding that
the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi was merely
sponsoring violence to remain
relevant politically.
Governor Wike informed
that with the proofs of
corruption against Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation resorted to
blackmailing the leadership of the APC that he would reveal to the public how
much he invested in the party’s
campaign if he was not confirmed
as a minister.
This is even as the Senate Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Minority Leader, Senator Godswill
Akpabio insisted that
the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, must release
the collated results of the March 19, 2016 rerun elections.
Speaking during a
solidarity visit by the PDP Senate
Caucus, Governor Wike said
the Minister of Transportation
lost his local government area and Federal Constituency, hence his desperation to influence
the release of the
results.
He said: "Any person
who loves Mr President won't be causing unnecessary crisis for him. We have problem in the North
East, problem in the South-East, so there is no need for another problem in the South-South .
"It is good that the elections were held so that
Nigerians will know the truth about the
polity. If elections are held 20 times,
PDP will win".
The governor decried
the role played by soldiers during the
rerun elections. He said the military were directly involved in the elections
at polling units and at the collation centres in
direct violation of the Electoral Act.
He regretted the
killing of the corps member, Samuel Okonta during
the rerun elections, but stressed that investigation
into the type of bullet that
killed him must be made
public. He confirmed that
the state government will immortalise the late corps member.
Earlier, Senate
Minority Leader and Leader of Senate PDP
Caucus, Senator Godswill Akpabio said
that the victory recorded by the PDP in
Rivers State is: "A clear case of justice
being done by God".
While describing
Rivers State as peaceful ,
Senator Godswill Akpabio regretted the
sponsored propaganda by the
opposition to destroy
the image of the
state. He said that there is no other political party in the state outside the
PDP.
He called for
tolerance in the political space to allow for the sustenance of
the state's multiparty democracy.
Highpoint of the visit was the donation of N1million
by the Senate to the family of Late Samuel Okonta
through Governor Wike. Senator Godswill Akpabio prayed that Okonta's death would be the last during elections.
He also commiserated with the
government and people of the state over the death of PDP
members during the rerun elections.
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