The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Nyesom Wike, planned to have some of the state’s oil wells ceded to Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Abia states if the PDP wins the April 11 election.
APC, which made this allegation on Thursday in a statement in Port Harcourt by its Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, warned that Wike intends to pay N1bn monthly to the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, and some yet to be verified amount to 10 other chieftains of the PDP if elected into office.
The statement reads, “This planned and unacceptable rape of Rivers State coffers, which was revealed to us by a patriotic Rivers State citizen, has made us even more resolved to prevent the emergence of a PDP-led government in our dear state.
“As a result, the APC has cut short its presidential victory celebration to step up its rescue mission to salvage the state from the misfortune that will befall it should PDP win the April 11 governorship election.”
Meanwhile, the PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Samuel Nwanosike, has described the allegations by the APC as false, insisting that Wike did not need to pay anybody to win the governorship election.
“The APC in Rivers State is confused. The party has run out of ideas. The APC should stop dwelling on false allegations and face the task before it,” Nwanosike said.
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