The All Progressives Congress (APC) has has hit back at
Governor Nyesom Wike for saying he would die than allow the party take over
Rivers state.The APC says it is praying fervently for Wike to be alive to
witness his downfall in the election in 2019...
The party also castigates Wike
for allegedly speaking and engaging in actions not befitting of a governor The
All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the series of allegations made
against it by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers and his alleged declaration to die
rather have the party take over the state in 2019. The APC said it fervently
praying for Wike not to die. The party said it wants the governor to live in
good health to witness his defeat in the election Governor Wike reportedly made
the declaration recently while speaking at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Diobu,
Port Harcourt during a thanksgiving service. In its reaction, the APC in Rivers
said: “As a party, we find the governor’s statement extremely befitting and
grossly demeaning to the high office of governor of a state “Governor Nyesom
Wike’s vituperation in the holy house of God quickly reminds us that the
governor is an unrepentant believer in violent politics. “More importantly, it
appears he is heading back to his old path of threat, incitement and
sabre-rattling as a political ideology.” The party, in a statement by its
publicity secretary, Mr Chris Finebone, and obtained by NAIJ.com, said the
people of the state have had enough humiliation from the governor’s uncouth and
indecorous words and behavior. The statement said the people of Rivers want a
leader who would show the exemplary carriage exhibited by past governors of the a state. “Governor Wike should realize that it behooves on him to be the best example
of who Rivers people are and not the present decrepit, bizarre and disgraceful
impression he presents especially in his public utterances. “By declaring to
die than to allow APC win Rivers state in 2019, Governor Wike has made
sufficient declaration of electoral ‘do-or-die’ war “The governor obviously has
crossed the red line between politics of decency and moral high ground and
thuggery. “The declaration is manifestly anti-democratic and assaults the
sensibilities of decent people. “Clearly, Gov. Wike has demonstrated that the
only language of politics he understands is violence and killing hence his
unrestrained use of the word ‘die’ in most of his statements concerning
elections. “He is known for threatening death to electoral officials and every
other person, sadly, he has now promised death to himself. But by all means,
the APC honestly wants Governor Wike alive and well. “God willing, the APC will
win Rivers state resoundingly come 2019 and the governor will remain alive to
experience what is called governance and not the tokenism he is offering the
people now. “The governor will live to witness a government that will undertake
visionary projects based on budgets that will be made public as against the
present mafia-style government of his where everything, including the state
budget, is patently secret,” the APC said. FOW.com earlier reported that
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state recently raised the alarm that the
country’s democracy is under threat. He spoke when the Australian High
Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Paul Lehmann visited him at the Government House,
Port Harcourt on Tuesday, August 29. Wike alleged that the police, the APC and
the INEC were planning to rig the upcoming general elections in 2019. 
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