The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has accused the Supreme Court which upturned the lower courts’ ruling against the election of Chief Nyeson Wike of robbing the people of the State of the opportunity to elect a Governor of their choice.
“We had hoped that the Supreme Court would align itself with the position of local and international observers, as well as the Election Tribunal and Appeal Court, all of whom agreed that what took place in Rivers State in the name of elections in March and April 2015 was a sham but that hope did not materialize, thus robbing the good people of the State of the opportunity to elect a Governor of their choice.”
In a statement in Port Harcourt, the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Davis Ibiamu Ikanya, said that while the party had accepted the Supreme Court’s position, “we wish to appeal to the Rivers electorate to avenge the over 100 of our members whose lives were cut short because of the so called 2015 elections by overwhelmingly rejecting PDP and voting for APC candidates during the re-run State and national Assembly polls now scheduled to hold on March 19.
“This is the only way to ensure that the death of the over 100 democracy martyrs was not in vain.”
The party insisted that PDP does not deserve to win even one seat during the re-run elections as the party does not have the interest of Rivers people at heart, as could be seen from its ceded oil wells, belonging to the State to Bayelsa and other neighbouring states.
“We trust the discerning Rivers electorate to make the right choice by voting only APC candidates during the forthcoming re-run elections. “Our candidates are trusted leaders that have proven themselves in past assignments and we are very convinced that they will provide the type of leadership needed at this time to move both Nigeria and Rivers State forward.” [myad]
