Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says his state will use
votes to show their worth in the forthcoming general election.
Wike said this on Monday at the inauguration of the
Orochiri-Worukwo flyover in Rivers.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos and a member of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), attended the event.
The Rivers governor, however, said the state would always
have the support of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“If you say Rivers state does not matter, Rivers state will
tell you that it doesn’t matter at the appropriate time. If you don’t like us,
we will not like you. If you like us, we will like you,” he said.
“Nobody will use our votes for nothing. Our votes will
matter and Rivers state must benefit from anybody that we are going to support.
“Politics now is no longer just voting for somebody, it is
about what you will do for the people of Rivers state. My guest from Lagos
state, let nobody tell you the story that anybody will come here to win as
governor of Rivers state. It will not happen.
“Those who looted the treasury of the state will not come
here to be governor of Rivers state and I have challenged them. I am fully in
charge. I am not the kind of governor people will go to Abuja and hold meetings
against. I am fully in charge here.”
While inaugurating the project, Sanwo-Olu said politicians
must learn to play politics without bitterness.
“There is also a strong message being made today about
expanding our capacity to play politics without bitterness. This symbolic
gesture by my friend and brother is one that should become standard practice
across Nigeria,” he said.
“There is also a lot that we can learn from one another, and
experience that we can translate from one part of the country to the other.
“Ultimately, we are
all in governance to touch the lives of the people for good; to deliver to them
the dividends of democracy.”
Wike’s comments come amid speculations over his support for
the PDP following his loss of the party’s presidential and vice-presidential
tickets.
Meanwhile, on August 4, Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential
candidate, and the Rivers governor reportedly held a fence-mending meeting in
the federal capital territory (FCT).
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