The Rivers State chapter of the All
Progressives Congress has vowed to
unseat the newly inaugurated
governor of the state, Nyesom Wike at
the tribunal despite his assumption
of office.
Wike was declared winner of the
April 11governorship election in the
state by the Independent National
Electoral Commission. He contested
on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, but the All
Progressives Congress, APC, is
challenging his victory.
However, APC chairman in the state,
Davies Ikanya, in a statement on
Saturday, argued that Wike was
unjustly declared the winner by the
Independent National Electoral
Commission.
Davies counselled Wike not to
embark on any long term project,
adding that he (Wike) has a short
time to stay in office. He also asked
the governor not to change the
curtains and furnitures in the
Government House, because he has
limited time to spend.
“Mr. Wike was unjustly declared
winner by the state INEC, which
never hides its connivance with
Rivers PDP.
“He does not have the legitimate
mandate of the good people of
Rivers State to act as their governor.
We remain confident that the
Election Petition Tribunal will do the
needful and sack him accordingly in
view of the materials submitted to
them, in view of the immorality
associated with his occupation of the
Government House and in view of
the outcry of the people of Rivers
State that he does not have their
mandate to serve as their governor.
“As we wait to reclaim the mandate
of the Rivers State people, which was
wickedly seized by INEC in their
desperation to impose Wike as the
governor of Rivers State, we wish to
state that we will not allow the
blood of our members spilled to be
in vain.
“We owe them and their families the
duty to ensure that a God-fearing
governor in the person of Dr. Dakuku
Peterside is duly installed in the
Government House based on the
mandate of the good Rivers State
people,” Ikanya said in the
statement.
Davies advised Rivers people to
endure whatever hardship that may
come from Wike’s administration,
pending the restoration of the
mandate they gave to the party’s
candidate, Dakuku Peterside.
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