Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers
State, have said that former governor Nyesom Wike is not responsible for the
impressive growth of the party in the state.
APC Publicity Secretary in Rivers State, Darlington Nwauju,
who spoke on behalf of the party leaders when he appeared on National
Television, said the formation and growth of APC in the state took the efforts
of several loyal members, who mostly lost their lives in the struggle to ensure
a solid party structure in the state.
Nwauju said it was unfair to reward a man who piloted
affairs when the party faced a lot of onslaughts in the state.
According to him, APC’s growth has been organically steady
since 2015 when the party came into being.
He said the APC leaders in the state, who deemed it
necessary to speak to set the records straight, maintained that the party
surpassed its votes of 2015 during the 2019 elections when Wike was governor on
the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He stressed that APC experienced natural, internal growth
over time, and because of the efforts of party technocrats in the state, it
narrowed and eventually surpassed the lead that PDP had since 2015.
”Our growth patterns have been consistent since the 2015
presidential onslaught against Rivers APC.
”Our growth from 2015 to 2019 was 23.8 per cent, closing the
huge gap of the 2015 presidential election.
“Then the 2023 presidential election came in with additional
80,881 votes in favour of APC in Rivers State.
“The question is, where is the helping hand of former Gov
Wike, can he claim to have helped Rivers APC with only 80,881 votes when our
growth showed organic growth since 2019?”
The group further asked those singing Wike’s song that he
helped Rivers APC, where the 1,487,075 votes he carried in 2015 in favour of
PDP out of the 2,537,590 registered voters in Rivers were.
They also asked where the 472,971 votes Wike got for PDP in
the 2019 presidential election out of the 3,215,273 registered voters in Rivers
State were.
”Can a non-party man takeover a national ruling party in a
state, simply because they claim to have helped the national party in his state
with just 80,881 votes when such claims couldn’t be substantiated with
empirical data?
“Such is the calamitous quagmire Wike, and his sponsored
detractors have caused to their political dynasty.
“There is evidence to prove that Wike did not work for APC,
he lost his polling unit and lost his ward.
“When he found that his political career was gone, he decided
to pitch his tent with APC, just to have a comfort zone to rob APC in Rivers
State.
Nwauju further cleared the air that the difference between
APC performance between 2015 and 2019 was 82,000 votes. The same difference
between 2019 and 2023 is 80,000 votes.
“None of his so-called PDP members worked for us. Some were
secretly for Labour Party and others did for PDP in their respective polling
units.
“These efforts are projected to result in the complete
takeover of the state by the APC in 2027,” they stated
The party leaders expressed optimism that with the combined
efforts of party technocrats in Rivers, along with the able leadership of
President Bola Tinubu, there would be significant progress in the nation’s
growth.
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