Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled the
battles he fought in his political career leading to his emergence as a local
government chairman, minister and eventually as governor.
Speaking at the first convocation ceremony of the PAMO
University of Medical Sciences over the weekend, the governor narrated how he
was fought to the Supreme Court to secure his ticket as the candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers
state after attempts were made to deny him the ticket at the time when Uche
Secondus was the state chairman of the party.
The governor also recalled that the primaries for the
election were cancelled three times before his eventual victory.
“To become the chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government
Council, I had to fight and fight up to Supreme Court to recover my right to
contest the election under the ticket of People’s Democratic Party which I was
denied by the powers that be after I had resoundingly won the primary.
“Again I had to surpass three cancellations and repeated party
primaries for me to earn the returned ticket as chairman under the former
National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus,” he
said.
Governor Wike also alleged that the Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, who had nominated him for appointment as
minister worked so hard to truncate his confirmation by the National Assembly.
“He, therefore, worked twice as hard behind the scene to
truncate my confirmation by the Nigerian Senate but failed because God said
otherwise,” he revealed.
Wike further recalled the fight between him and his
predecessor who he said was against his governorship ambition.
“And when he noticed my mission to succeed him as the
governor of Rivers State, he immediately drew the battle line and vowed that I
could only succeed him over his dead body. Our contest was intense ultimately I
won and prevailed over them”.
“I wouldn’t have wished anyone dead for my political
ambition, I wanted him to live to see the glory of the Lord in my life and how
God will use me in advancing the development of the state and the nation as
Governor of Rivers State,” he added.
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