Politics
2023: Wike Warns Of Plot To Repeat Imo Formula In Rivers
By Ayodele Oluwafemi
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to repeat the political permutations that played out in Imo State in the 2023 Rivers State gubernatorial election.
Wike, raised the alarm, during the funeral service of a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chieftain, Dr. Ferry Gberegbe, who served as an agent in Khana Local Government area and was allegedly killed during the 2019 governorship election by FSARS operatives at the Bori collation centre.
The Governor vowed that the state can never be hijacked by any political force, while promising to defend the peoples’ votes.
In his words: “He (Gberegbe) did not die because of sickness; he did not die because he was doing something illegal. He died in defence of our votes. The only crime he committed was to defend our votes.
‘’It is only in this part of the country that you defend your votes and they say that you have committed an offence. Our friend and brother is gone, but he paid the price for democracy to survive in Nigeria.
‘’He paid for democracy to survive in Rivers State. As for those of us who have that spirit, he has laid the foundation for the defence of democracy.
“I heard someone say two days ago, somebody in China told somebody in Port Harcourt that what happened in Imo State, that is what they will do in 2023.
“They said they will write results and the court will accept the results. I said Rivers State is a different state. If you write results, you face the consequences. I am not worried because these people are always boasting.
“In 2015, they said nobody would be governor; somebody became governor. In 2019, we will see what will happen and you will not even see electoral material, but today, we are governors.
‘’Now, to give their people hope, they are talking of 2023. As a result of this young man, they will not see the Government House in 2023.”
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