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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