APC Will Be Doomed In 2023 If Buhari Allows Free, Fair Elections – Wike
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Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said if President
Muhammadu Buhari
did not renege on his pledge not to interfere with the conduct of the 2023
general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be doomed.
Such resolve, Wike noted meant that
Buhari
is serious about leaving an enduring legacy of conducting free and fair
election.
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“I thank Mr. President that he wants to leave a legacy of conducting a free
and fair election.”
The Rivers State governor made the assertion
at the flag-off of construction work of Igwuruta internal roads in Ikwerre
Local Government Area of the State, that was performed by Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu,
the governor of Abia State on Wednesday.
Wike, recalled how the
APC-led federal government through the immediate past Minister of
Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, deployed the Nigerian Army to rig the 2019
general elections in Rivers State, but that the people resisted and thwarted
their scheme.
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“Thank God Mr. President for saying that you will not interfere or intimidate
anybody. That means your party has no way to win.”
Wike also
expressed doubt concerning the public promise made by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) to deliver a better election to Nigerians.
“My problem is INEC, whether they will do what they said they will
do. They are making promises now. I don’t know whether they will keep to it.
If INEC will keep to the promises that Nigeria will get a better election, I
will be so happy. Everybody will see with their eyes; Abuja does not vote. It
is the people here that will vote.”
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Speaking further, Wike stressed the need for those seeking votes from
Rivers electorate to courageously tell them what they would eventually benefit
from such electoral support.
“So, if you have given to Adamawa,
you have given to Benue, you have given to Delta, would you not give Rivers?
Is it just to collect our votes?”
The governor described as
unfortunate the inability of some former military generals to use their
contacts with the Central Intelligence Agency of America (CIA) to solve the
Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.
READ: Rivers APC Demands Wike's Resignation
Wike maintained that such generals should have been more concerned about the
insecurity situation in the country, and resolve to use their CIA contacts to
restoring peace across the country, instead of threatening him and his friends
to succumb to their bidding.
“Some people threatened that they are
former generals, they are close to the CIA in America and they can deal with
us. I said listen, no problem. If you are close to America CIA, why don’t you
use it to solve Boko Haram problem. Is it on my body(me) you’ll use it?
Nigeria has a serious problem and you are close to CIA, you know them as
former generals, why not use that contact and solve Nigeria’s problem.
“You
want to use it to threaten me. Who are you that I should come and do your own
bidding? I say no to that. I will do the bidding of Nigerians not the bidding
of few people who believe that if they are not there, it should be their
children.
READ: 2023: PDP Sets Up Panel To Beg Wike
“No other child should come up outside them. I will not do that. So, all
of us, prepare because a day shall come and Rivers State shall take a decision
on what to do.”
Wike, also took a swipe at a self acclaimed leader
from the South-South who is seeking his personal gain instead of that of the
region.
“What will they tell their children? People who will like
to eat their own share, eat their children’s share and eat their
grandchildren’s share.
READ: Rivers State and Wike's Concept of Good Governance
“When somebody at the age of 70 something is lobbying to be Chief of
Staff, what will his own children lobby for?”
Wike disassociated
himself from such people who can do anything as agents set against their own
people. He emphasized that no matter the enticement, he will never betray his
or mortgage the interest of Rivers State.
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