The Rivers state chapter of the All
Progressives Congress, APC has
advised Nyesom Wike, Governor-
elect to desist from celebrating just
yet as his victory can be upturned.
DAILY POST reports that the
comment was made by Rivers APC
Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu
Ikanya. He said, ''We fully align
ourselves with Governor
Amaechi’s position that no election
took place in Rivers State on April
11 and we are with him all the way
in his efforts to ensure that justice
is done to APC, to our
gubernatorial candidate, Dr.
Dakuku Peterside, and to the good
people of the State who freely gave
their mandate to our great party.
We have no doubts at all in our
minds that Governor Amaechi and
our great party shall be vindicated
at the end of the electoral process,
which terminates at the Election
Tribunal''.
''It is clearly too early for Wike and
the PDP to start any form of
celebration because the APC
Leader in Rivers State in the
person of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi has an uncanny gift to
turn the table when it seems highly
impossible to do so. Governor
Amaechi’s reputation as regards
his political struggles and the usual
outcome after he must have been
written off by the uninformed is
instructive. His penchant to snatch
victory from the jaws of seeming
defeat after travelling the hard road
is legendary. I am confident that it
will take only few weeks for both
Chief Wike and his PDP followers
to face the reality that you cannot
cover the sun with a finger''.
''Most observers, including Prof.
Wole Soyinka, Ambassador
Entwistle and International
Observers, have since confirmed
that that there was no election in
Rivers State to warrant a winner
being declared; rather, what
happened was the hounding and
murder of APC members by the
PDP leadership, coup against
democracy, ballot-snatching and
scandalous thumb-printing which
are still ongoing after two weeks of
the purported election of April
11th,. Rivers APC has gone to the
Election Tribunal to seek redress
over the obvious robbery of its
mandate. Our teeming members
and supporters should be rest
assured of victory in view of the
enormous facts at APC’s disposal
and the calibre of the legal team
assembled by the party to fight this
Monumental injustice.