The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he is ready to lay down his life for his state and that his commitment to the people of the state is total.
“I am ready to lay down my life for the state. My commitment to the development of Rivers State is total. I will forever defend it.”
The governor who spoke on Saturday during a breakfast meeting with the National Executive Council of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), led by its President, Funke Egbemode, said that his administration has surmounted political and economic challenges to deliver quality pro-people projects and improve the living standard of the people of the state.
He vowed that his commitment to development and democracy is irrevocable even as he stressed that the state would attain greater mileage in terms of development if it is not made to face endless rerun elections and politically-induced security challenges.
Governor Wike said that those who are planning to rig elections in the state will not succeed because the people are ever vigilant to stop them, adding: “stealing the mandate of the people is a serious crime and it is worse than armed robbery.
“In this case, those involved plot to use arms to steal the mandate of Rivers people, that will never succeed.
“They came to rig the March 19 rerun elections and the people resisted.”
Wike advised the media to work towards informing the world on the true situation in Rivers State, pointing out that majority of the information in the public domain are concocted by the opposition.
“For our democracy to continue to succeed, the media has a major role to play. It was publicity that led to the failure of the Turkish coup.” [myad]
