Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has berated the leaders of the
APC in the state for misinforming Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that
they were holding an APC meeting in Port Harcourt, only for them to turn
around to pretend to hold a Niger Delta Stakeholders meeting.
The governor lauded Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for setting the record
straight when he proclaimed the APC slogan and explained that he was at
the Tuesday event to meet his Rivers APC family.
Addressing former Ndoni APC Members led by Chief Ofili Enebeli after
their defection to PDP in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, the governor
declared that the successful official engagements of the Acting
President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to Rivers State sent shivers down the
spine of political mischief makers spreading false stories about the
state, hence they resorted to their usual desperate anti-Rivers politics.
He said: “Satan will never sleep. Satan will always be at work. Satan
always wants to turn light into darkness.
“When we held the stakeholders meeting, even the Minister of
Transportation was there. But as you know, a chameleon will always be a
chameleon. When you see agents of Lucifer you will know.
“Just because the Acting President slept in Rivers State and went round
our projects, then confirmed that this man is Mr Projects, they suddenly
became troubled “.
He added: ” Agents of Lucifer in trying to cause confusion, persuaded
the Acting President that there will be need for him to talk to APC
Members. I have no problems with that. Mr Acting President is a member
of the APC. But governance is governance. When they got there, they
renamed the APC meeting as stakeholders meeting. Shame , shame.
“It was not Rivers Stakeholders meeting and it couldn’t have been. ”
The governor said that it was shocking that the Minister of
Transportation and his associates questioned the award of “Apostle of
Peace ” conferred on him by the Rivers CAN when they simply divided the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) when they had the opportunity. He
explained that he remains a man of peace who will never divide
families.
He noted that he is focused on the delivery of projects, as he has
totally shocked the leaders of Rivers APC into oblivion.
The governor said that he will continue to play mature politics,
unlike the era of Rotimi Amaechi when he repeatedly desecrated the
office of the President, refusing to accord Goodluck Jonathan the
respect due his office.
He pointed out that he accorded the Acting President of Nigeria all the
respect due to his office because the state believes governance
transcends partisan politics.
Earlier, Rivers State PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah noted that the APC
leader of Ndoni, Chief Ofili Enebeli defected to the PDP because of the
outstanding performance of Governor Wike.
In his remarks, Chief Enebeli praised Governor Wike for his exemplary
leadership.
Over 1000 APC members from Ndoni of the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA defected
to the PDP alongside their leaders.