THE
Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Sunday dared
the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and his supporters to
leave the Peoples Democratic Party for another political party.
Wike said Amaechi and his supporters
should go to another party if they believed they were popular, promising
that he (Wike) and his followers would celebrate the exit of the
governor from the PDP.
The minister, who made this remark
during a rally organised by the Grassroots Development Initiative in
Port Harcourt, said they would resist any attempt to rig the 2015
election.
He explained that Rivers State Government had collapsed, adding that a revolution was taken place in the state.
Wike said, “If you think you are so
popular, why not join another party. The day they join another party, we
will do thanksgiving. We will have to celebrate their exit and we will
tell them that nobody can rig elections in Rivers State any longer.
“The day you dare it is the day you see
the consequences. We are going to resist any attempt to say that our
votes will not count. Everybody is jittery. Why are they jittery? We are
not worried, they are worried.”
The minister said that the support for
President Goodluck Jonathan in the Niger Delta was not based on any
condition, but because he (Jonathan) had done well.
Earlier, the State Chairman of the PDP,
Obuah, said they (PDP) were witnessing a wind of change in Rivers,
adding that six commissioners in Amaechi’s government had agreed to
leave the governor’s administration.
Reacting, the Chief of Staff, Government
House, Chief Tony Okocha, said Wike should bother about the capital
flight and the attendant brain-drain and not to visit the state every
weekend to oil his campaign outfit.
“Rivers people are wiser. Wike’s ranting
every weekend in Rivers State leaves much to be imagined especially as
the country is relapsing to the Dark Age.
“As supervising minister for education,
it should be have been reasonable for him to bother about the fact that
students roam the streets and take to heinous crimes because of a
protracted strike by lecturers.
“Rivers people are not opposed to Mr.
President. Wike should stop his attempt to commonise the office of Mr.
President in his attempt to curry under served favour.
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