Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared that nobody can undermine the state when deciding the next president of Nigeria.
Wike maintained that Rivers State plays a vital role in who becomes the next president of Nigeria.
He pointed out that whoever would become Nigeria’s next president needs to secure votes in Rivers, in combination with either Kano or Lagos States.
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Wike spoke during the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government election campaign in Ulakwo, Etche Local Government area of the state on Thursday.
He said: “I keep telling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that no state has given more votes to the party than Rivers.
“And it is only in Rivers, in the whole of South-South, that the All Progressives Congress (APC) didn’t get 25 per cent votes in 2019 General election. We taught them a lesson.
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“In Nigeria, nobody wins presidency if you didn’t win either Rivers and Lagos or Kano and Lagos together. Rivers is not a state anybody can joke with. Some states went to negotiate with them. Rivers didn’t do it.”
However, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the All Progressive Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians.
He spoke on Thursday while receiving APC defectors to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event was held at the PDP state secretariat.
Wike said most APC members have remained in the party due to shame of openly admitting failure.
The decampees include ex-Director of Finance, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Henry Ogiri of Abua/Odual LGA; Lolo ibieneye of Asari Toru LGA; ex-APC Zonal Administrative Officer, Gloria Boma of Degema LGA, and Hassan Douglas of Okrika LGA.
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Wike told PDP loyalists not to discriminate against the returning members.
“Let us see ourselves as one not divide ourselves as people that came back yesterday”, the governor appealed.
Noting that the PDP was working to develop Rivers, Wike said the APC has been unable to fulfil its promises.
“Some people came to say if you give us your votes the East-West road would be done but it hasn’t been done,” he added.
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