The All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers state
says it knows the reason governor-elect in Rivers state, Nyesom Wike who won
the guber contest in the state under People's Democratic Party, PDP has
allegedly concluded plans to defect to the APC.
The APC party believes that Wike, who was declared
winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, is planning to use the ruling party as a cover up to avoid
being 'dethroned'.
According to the State Publicity Secretary of the
party, Chris Finebone, the plan reportedly uncovered, is meant for the
Governor-elect to obtain the cover of APC and avoid a judicial dethronement.
Wike's latest move, APC said, is coming as no surprise
“to those who know his antecedents”.
Finebone further explaining that Wike, as soon as he
is received into the APC fold, will woo APC elders and leaders to prevail on
Dr. Peterside to drop his quest for justice before the Election Petition
Tribunal.
“Having back-stabbed his mentors like former Senatorl,
John Mbata in the past and more recently, Governor Chibuike Amaechi, he would
only be living true to the unreliable ally that he has grown to be.
“Wike's history is replete with sabotage and dual
personality often unstable among peers. So, we are not surprised at his latest
moves to dump PDP to join APC.
“Such a move portrays him as unstable in relationship
having at several instances, bitten the finger that fed him. He thinks that by
hiding under the canopy of APC membership, elders of the APC will prevail on
Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, the governorship candidate of the party at the April
11 election, to abandon his quest for justice.
“Through this, Wike would have hoodwinked APC elders
and leaders into prevailing on Dr. Peterside to withdraw his petition from the
Tribunal.
“In short, Wike seeks to hide under the cloak of party
man to dodge standing before justice to explain how he garnered the fictitious
figures he claimed to have secured at the April governorship poll.
“Aware that Peterside is a true and loyal party man,
unlike what he is, Wike will propound the hypothesis of 'this-is-a-party
matter' to cajole both Peterside and the leadership.
“Unfortunately, Wike has already shot himself in the
foot with the barbaric manner in which he obtained the fraudulent victory he is
currently parading.
“In any case, the APC has placed restrictions on
fleeing PDP members whose only reason for jumping ship is because the PDP has
lost the elections. Mr. Nyesom Wike is a liability rather than asset. It would
be best he remains in the PDP, stand before Justice at the Tribunal and explain
his role in the rape on democracy in Rivers State last April 11. His late night
moves to join APC is only a ploy to protect the stolen mandate in his pockets,”
Finebone was quoted to have said.
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