The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to stop day-dreaming over a statement credited to him that his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would take over the State from APC in the 2015 general elections.
The party dismissed such claim as ridiculous and unattainable.
A statement from the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya today said: “this boast, made on Saturday by President Jonathan, during PDP’s South-South Rally in Benin City, the Edo State capital, is ridiculous because it runs counter to the realities on ground in Rivers state.
“President Jonathan’s boast is obviously based on ignorance about current political realities in Rivers State. He may not have known that the State PDP leader and prospective governorship candidate, Junior Education Minister Nyesome Wike, has polarised PDP in Rivers State to the extent that it cannot even win a councillorship seat in a fair and free election.”
APC said that Chief Wike, on whom the President is building his hopes of PDP reclaiming Rivers State, has lost political relevance since he left the mainstream of the political family that binds Rivers state together under the leadership of the man that made him whatever he is politically today – Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
“Wike is either deluding himself or deliberately feeding Mr. President with lies in a bid to feather his nest.”
Dr. Ikanya cited what he called “Jonathan’s wickedness towards Rivers State as yet another reason why PDP can never recapture power in the State.
“On what basis should the people of Rivers State vote for PDP in 2015? Is it based on the wicked policies of the Jonathan administration against Rivers State and her people? Is it based on the ceding of our oil wells to his home State of Bayelsa and supporting Akwa Ibom and Abia states to take over our oil wells? Or is it because he has ensured that the Federal Government does not site any meaningful project in Rivers State? Or his deliberate refusal to implement the UNEP Report on Ogoni, President Jonathan has left no one in doubt of his deep hatred for Rivers State and her people, so how can we support him or any PDP candidate in 2015?”
The APC leader stressed that the achievements of governor Rotimi Amaechi’s administration are enough to give APC victory in future the elections.
He listed such achievements to include turning Port Harcourt into World Book Capital City, eradication of militancy, dogged fight for the oil wells and other rights of Rivers State and its people as well as achievements in Education, Agriculture, Health, etc.
Dr. Ikanya made it clear that Rivers people have since adopted APC as the party of their choice and that there is nothing the PDP or any other party can do about that.
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