Rivers SDP Guber Candidate Defects To PDP, Endorses Wike

The SDP Deputy Governorship Candidate defected with 98 percent of the Rivers State SDP Executive Committee and some party chairmen from the Local Government Areas.

Speaking  during a  defection meeting at the Rivers State PDP Campaign Office on Thursday  in Port Harcourt,  Udume said they were defecting to the PDP  to assist Governor Wike secure his re-election. 

He said: “On behalf of myself and supporters of the SDP,  we wish to join the PDP . We are bold to say that you deserve to continue with your good works.

“We are here to say, re-elect Wike again. You great works are there for all to see and we are therefore  committed to ensuring  that you get a second term”.

He stated that the new PDP entrants will work with Senator-elect for Rivers South-east,  Bari Mpigi to ensure the total success of the party. 

State Publicity Secretary of SDP, Inime Righteous said that the party has come to identify  with a success story. He said that they are motivated because evidence  abounds on the achievements of the Governor. 

Financial Secretary of the SDP , Adol Ibeka said that the leadership  of  SDP has moved specifically  to deliver  Governor Wike during the 2019 Governorship election. 

Secretary of SDP, Cotterell Tumbodiaa said that the second  term of the governor is guaranteed.  

Responding, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike said that his re-election  has been secured by God and the good people of Rivers State.

He said that with the defection of the SDP Deputy Governorship Candidate of SDP, the party no longer  has a Governorship Candidate because of the  constitutional  requirement for  election. 

“God in his infinite mercies has given us victory.  Nobody born of a woman  can stop us from victory.  It doesn’t matter the gunboats or armoured  personnel carriers,  God is with us.

“Anybody can plan against us, but you are planning  against God. I cannot be afraid  of any man because He  who is  with  us, is greater than them “, he said. 

The governor said all the schemes against elections  in  Rivers State  will fail because  the state is PDP.

Governor Wike  thanked the former  leaders of SDP in Rivers  State  for committing to peaceful elections in Rivers State. He urged other leaders  to abandon  negative destructive tendencies  and join in the development of the State.

The Governor said though enemies of the state are not sleeping,  they will continue  to fail.

“Enemies of the state are not sleeping, but no power can bring this state down. God is working for this state. What  you have done  is in the interest of the State “.

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