By Egufe Yafugborhi

PORT HARCOURT — AGAINST prevailing atmosphere of an automatic party ticket for Governor Nyesom Wike in the coming 2019 governorship election in Rivers State, another aspirant, Soalabo West, has come out to challenge the governor for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket in the state.

West, a lawyer from Kalabari ethnic nationality, yesterday, announced his intention to challenge Wike for the PDP 2019 governorship ticket, saying that he was convinced that the Rivers Government House was now set for a riverine occupant and the push for a “new paradigm to make Rivers great again.”

He said: “The circumstances that threw up Wike in 2015 had been actualised with his emergence as governor in 2015 under PDP, and it is now the turn of riverine communities to produce the governor of Rivers State in 2019.

“The argument then was that Rivers was a PDP state and we needed to wrest the leadership of the state from the All Progressives Congress, APC, the party which the then incumbent governor Chibuike Amaechi, defected to in 2013.

“Governorship aspirants from riverine ethic nationalities were asked to work with Wike, not because the Upland/Riverine dichotomy was not there, but essentially because of imperatives of the time.
“One, that Rivers State should go to the PDP, and second, that the state should be properly mobilised to deliver majority votes to former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2019 presidential election.

“My appeal to our youths and all stakeholders now is to eschew violence and thuggery because, according to former President Goodluck Jonathan, nobody’s blood should be shed for anybody’s political ambition.”
West’s announcement came barely 24 hours after Wike formally declared to run for a second term at the unveiling of the office in Port Harcourt, for One Million Rivers Youths for Wike

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/rivers-2019-drama-as-west-challenges-wike-for-pdp-ticket/

No one can challenge Wike now

He's like a god in River State

Is he taribo west's brother?

Wike is working...

SolutionMee:


No one can challenge Wike now

He's like a god in River State

lol. Even God's are challenged my brother. History has shown us that's gods have been challenged and lost too.

Definitely a plan to get an appointment when he fails in the primaries .

SolutionMee:


No one can challenge Wike now

He's like a god in River State

One day monkey go go market him no go return. A BBC reporter asked what happened to the monkey? Wike fit enter market and him no go return.

hisprinceship:
Definitely a plan to get an appointment when he fails in the primaries .

People like Wike consider his action as sacrilege of blasphemous proportion, to dream of contesting against them.

Wike became governor because they was a political battle to remove ameachi. And which in reality he highjacked the position. If they were to be a free and fair primary alot of people won't support wike.

Adamsking:
By Egufe Yafugborhi
PORT HARCOURT — AGAINST prevailing atmosphere of an automatic party ticket for Governor Nyesom Wike in the coming 2019 governorship election in Rivers State, another aspirant, Soalabo West, has come out to challenge the governor for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket in the state.
West, a lawyer from Kalabari ethnic nationality, yesterday, announced his intention to challenge Wike for the PDP 2019 governorship ticket, saying that he was convinced that the Rivers Government House was now set for a riverine occupant and the push for a “new paradigm to make Rivers great again.”
He said: “The circumstances that threw up Wike in 2015 had been actualised with his emergence as governor in 2015 under PDP, and it is now the turn of riverine communities to produce the governor of Rivers State in 2019.
“The argument then was that Rivers was a PDP state and we needed to wrest the leadership of the state from the All Progressives Congress, APC, the party which the then incumbent governor Chibuike Amaechi, defected to in 2013.
“Governorship aspirants from riverine ethic nationalities were asked to work with Wike, not because the Upland/Riverine dichotomy was not there, but essentially because of imperatives of the time.
“One, that Rivers State should go to the PDP, and second, that the state should be properly mobilised to deliver majority votes to former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2019 presidential election.
“My appeal to our youths and all stakeholders now is to eschew violence and thuggery because, according to former President Goodluck Jonathan, nobody’s blood should be shed for anybody’s political ambition.”
West’s announcement came barely 24 hours after Wike formally declared to run for a second term at the unveiling of the office in Port Harcourt, for One Million Rivers Youths for Wike

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/rivers-2019-drama-as-west-challenges-wike-for-pdp-ticket/

Go for it Bros. Salute from South Africa

Good one! It was surprising no one seemed to be indicating interest in PDP.
Rivers can do much better!

This one is just looking for appointments or reasons to become APC flag bearer

No harm in trying

Adamsking:
By Egufe Yafugborhi



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/rivers-2019-drama-as-west-challenges-wike-for-pdp-ticket/

Good!

It's the beauty of democracy

Arangee things. Wike go still win d ticket

SolutionMee:


No one can challenge Wike now

He's like a god in River State

His thugs have been neautralized. Wike is as light as nylon now.

No doubt APC will win rivers in coming election.

The play is that Ikwere is going out for anybody else. it's one tribe against all the others now.

Una come say northerners go gree..... Southerners wake up...... Regional government is the best for a secular country like naija..... Check out Switzerland u will understand more..

We the ikwerre stakeholders are not greedy nor selfish, its time for the Ogonis or Kalabari ehnic group to produce the next governor of the state

This West will decamp to APC immediately after primaries because he will not win the ticket

SolutionMee:


No one can challenge Wike now

He's like a god in River State

plz help me and tell them... especially those that are not staying in rivers state b4 dey starting talking anyhow.

NyenwePHC:


We the ikwerre stakeholders are not greedy nor selfish, its time for the Ogonis or Kalabari ehnic group to produce the next governor of the state

Rivers people doesn't need the magnanimity of Ikwerre or any ethnic group to achieve a power shift to the Riverine area. We know the circumstances that threw Wike in 2015 and it wasn't due to "Ikwerre" factor. It was simply a move to neutralise Amaechi power block.

Now in 2019 Rivers people will determine whether to extend Wike tenure or to return to power shift.

Though I have sympathy for Wike because he has performed especially in public infrastructure and I hope he does the needful but the reality is that he will need to do enough to win his reelection

SolutionMee:


No one can challenge Wike now

He's like a god in River State

This is the same thing people said of Fayose before he fell yakata to Fayemi.

There is no god in Rivers politics, though Wike is a performer but he needs to up his game to secure reelection.

Adamsking:
By Egufe Yafugborhi



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/rivers-2019-drama-as-west-challenges-wike-for-pdp-ticket/

Wike we know.

PrecisionFx:


Wike we know.

Your no more from the east and akwa ibom but from rivers? Wike cn only win narrowly but buhari will get 40%

bakila:

People like Wike consider his action as sacrilege of blasphemous proportion, to dream of contesting against them.

My guy you are you sabi wicked wike very well.

Before today I thought Rivers State people are sycophants, middle cunts,agbaros,tax collectors and mere wanderers but with what am seeing and gearing now,they too have blood

Adamsking:
By Egufe Yafugborhi



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/rivers-2019-drama-as-west-challenges-wike-for-pdp-ticket/

This is the best thing to happen to PDP Rivers state

Adamsking:
Wike became governor because they was a political battle to remove ameachi. And which in reality he highjacked the position. If they were to be a free and fair primary alot of people won't support wike.

Were there no other people varying for that position then?