Nyesom Wike, governor of River
state, says John Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), cried when the party lost the 2015 governorship election in Rivers
state.
The governor said this on Monday
in Port Harcourt, the state capital, when he appeared on Channels Television.
He, however, denied a statement
credited to him that he was against President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the
state.
“I never said that President
Buhari should not come to Rivers state and I can never say it. The president is
the president of the country. He has the right to come to Rivers state,” he
said.
“What I disagreed with is that,
if you (Buhari) are coming because of insecurity. No. An armed robber operated
and killed 15 people somewhere. This is not the same thing that daily herdsmen
are attacking people and could lead to religious or ethnic war. That is the
point I made.
“For example, in Lagos state,
armed robbers have killed about five people at a time. In Ogun state, people
have died, cultists have killed people. So, I never said that the president
should not come to Rivers State and I can never say that.”
While answering question why he
feels the state is always targeted, the governor said, “If you put all the
states together, for example, they will tell you that they want Rivers state.
So, you ask yourself; of course, you should know why they want Rivers state.
They want it by all means. Oyegun, chairman of APC, cried when they lost at the
Supreme Court. He said, look, we have lost the most important state. Why did
Oyegun cry? Why did he say that, look, we have lost everything. Why would the
national chairman of a party make such a statement?”
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