The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has advised Governor Nyesom Wike and his Ekiti state counterpart, Governor Ayodele Fayose, to apologise to members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for imposing Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the PDP.
While urging the duo to own up to their gamble on the PDP, the opposition party in the state, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by its publicity secretary, Senibo Chris Finebone, asked Wike to stop accusing the police of sealing off the proposed venue of the botched national convention of the PDP.
This was as it recalled that as the then governorship candidate of the PDP in the state, Wike led soldiers “to forcefully seize the Adokie Amesimaka Stadium which the then governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi was battling to complete before the end of his tenure.”
The statement reads, “On PDP botched national convention, the APC calls on Governor Nyesom Wike to own up to the gamble he and his Man Friday, Governor Ayo Fayose pulled on their party. They should apologise to their party members for imposing Ali Modu Sheriff on them and stop blaming the APC.
“Governor Nyesom Wike should accept in good faith some of his recent experiences as the normal wheel of natural justice at play and he can do little about them. The governor should not pretend not to have heard that, in this world, what goes around comes around.”
The Rivers APC said it “finds it nauseating that the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, once again, threw caution to the wind and fed members of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and other Nigerians a dose of untruths at the opening of the NBA’s 56th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt.”
It reiterated that unlike what the governor told the audience at the conference, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has clearly justified why the result of the rerun election in Tai local government area of the state was accepted and announced after due investigation by the commission, just as the electoral body did for some other results that favour the PDP in other LGAs and constituencies in Rivers State.
The statement continued, “In some cases where the APC was dissatisfied, our candidates went to the tribunal. Good reason suggests that PDP candidates should act in line with the law and not believe they can bully anyone on the matter. We do not live in a jungle here and this is not the 16th Century.
“We believe that issues surrounding the intervention of security agents during the botched PDP National Convention in Port Harcourt a week ago are for the security agencies to address but we are miffed that the governor tried to lay the blame at the doorstep of the APC.
“We recall that despite former governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi offering the Liberation Stadium, Elekahia to the PDP for its rally, the APC would like to remind Gov. Nyesom Wike that on the 24th of January, 2015 he (as PDP governorship candidate) led soldiers to forcefully seize the Adokie Amesimaka Stadium which the then governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi was battling to complete before the end of his tenure.”
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