Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Wike has declared that even if the former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi
is allowed to choose all the panels to handle political cases involving the
state, he will continue to fail.
He also stated that all the gang
up against Rivers State will continue to fail because God would always defend
the state.
He spoke at the Government House
Port Harcourt Chapel of Everlasting Grace during a Thanksgiving Service on the
Supreme Court judgment that declared him qualified to contest the 2019 Rivers
State Governorship Election.
He said: “If you know what
Amaechi has been doing, then you will know that God is with us. He wants to
constitute all panels. They should allow him to appoint all panels, but he will
fail. God will continue to do it for us. We have faith in God. All the gang up
against us will fail. Please continue to support and pray for Rivers State.”
He said since 2015, Amaechi had
been working round the clock to disrupt the democratic process in Rivers State.
He said Amaechi had continued to fail because God is with the state and Rivers
people believed in his leadership.
“Amaechi has done everything
possible to make sure that we don’t remain here. But nobody can play God. In
2015, we won elections and they did everything to destabilise the state. They
said that we won in 2015 because of Jonathan. They nullified almost all the
State Assembly and National Assembly elections. We had several rerun elections
and Rivers people voted overwhelmingly for the PDP.
“In 2019, we witnessed when the
Former Minister of Transportation sang war songs in the presence of the
President. People became afraid. The Presidential and National Assembly
elections came and we won all the seats. We were not in power at the Federal
level. We didn’t have security agencies, but we won. Then it came to the
Governorship election, they used money and security services against us, but we
won,” he said.
Wike said that he had no fear
despite the evil machinations of the former Rivers State Governor and his
cohorts, because God was on the side of Rivers State.
He said: “You have lost, you have
lost. All you need to do is to prepare for the next elections. If the
governorship election is conducted two million times in Rivers State, PDP will
continue to win.”
Wike regretted that despite
extending an Olive Branch to all political opponents, they had continued unnecessary
political battles that would not benefit the state, adding that this was the
time for all political divides unite for the development of the state, noting
that there was no reason why any Rivers leader should de-market the state.
According to Wike, the immediate
past Rivers State Commissioner of Police was transferred out of the State
because he refused to write a false security report declaring the state unsafe
to host the election Tribunal.
“They told the Commissioner of
Police to write a security report that here is not safe for the Tribunal. But
he refused and they transferred him.
“The Former Minister of
Transportation said Rivers State is not safe, but he celebrated his birthday
here. The letter Former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote was not because of
Rivers State. But Amaechi is saying Rivers State is not safe.
“All the companies are drilling
oil and Nigeria is making money from Rivers State. So Rivers State is safe. I
am here and I am here. It is the way God wants it. I will stay here till 2023,
then another person will come. Don’t continue to paint Rivers State black”, he
said.
He said that since the
commencement of his second term, his administration had faced several political
and legal challenges, aimed at derailing it. He said he is thanking God for
ensuring that he always won, despite the strength of his opponents.
Governor Wike narrated how
Achinike Nwobodo, an aide of Amaechi filed the suit at the Federal High Court
and lost in 2018, only for him to return in 2019 to file the same eligibility
suit, with another person as the plaintiff, while he (Nwobodo) served as
counsel.
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