Election because of his outstanding performance and projects delivery.
In a response to false allegations made by the Minister of
Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi during his appearance on
Channels Television Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Governor Wike said that
the Former Rivers State Governor failed in his quest to truncate his
second term because Rivers people are happy with his work.
He said he wouldn’t have responded to the falsehood being peddled by
the Minister of Transportation, but he owes the public the duty to set
the record straight.
He said: “It is unfortunate. I extended the Olive Branch and I meant
every word of it. It was on that basis that the State Attorney General
filed a nolle prosequi to withdraw the charge against Flag Amachree.
“If I did not do well in my first term, PDP wouldn’t have given me the
party’s flag to fly. In 2015, the same man vowed that over his dead body
would I emerge victorious.
“I have done well for my people . It is for the people of Rivers State
to decide. It is not in the place of Amaechi to decide.
“We have over 6million people and over 3million registered voters.
Therefore, Amaechi cannot say I cannot go for a second term. He has
only one vote.
“In the past, he said an Ikwerre man cannot succeed another Ikwerre man.
Today, he is saying his grouse is that I cannot go for a second term.
At every step, he has one story or the other”.
Governor Wike said contrary to the story that Amaechi peddled whilst he
was on Channels Television, kidnapping raged during his tenure. He
said it was so bad that the State Chairman of Rivers State Independent
Electoral Commission under Amaechi was kidnapped.
The Governor noted that despite the National High-Rate of insecurity,
Rivers State is relatively peaceful, with very high ratings.
“Our internally Generated Revenue has improved due to the peace and
security in the state”.
Governor Wike said that the political misfortune that befell the APC
during the last general elections in Rivers State was principally due to
the impunity of Amaechi .
He said: “It is because of this impunity that his party was not on the
ballot. Because of this impunity he has denied so many people their
political future “.
He said that the plots by Amaechi to manipulate the Tribunal will fail
like other previous plots. The Governor noted that Amaechi’s boast that
he appointed the members of the tribunal and they would work for him
remains one of his empty boasts.
Governor Wike said that Amaechi’s plot to use the police to illegally
certify fake results as he did for Rivers East Senatorial District
during the rerun elections tribunal would fail.
“The game he played in Rivers East of using the police to certify fake
results will not work. During the rerun Police certified fake results.
That game will not work again. We have gone beyond that . We are waiting
for the police to certify fake results for Amaechi “.
He stated that there was no way that the defeated AAC Governorship
Candidate, Engr Awara would have been coasting to victory when he
neither campaigned or printed posters.
He said: “Awara ran for the PDP councillorship in 2018 and lost. For
this election, he did not Campaign and never printed posters.
“Look at that kind of impunity. He brought a man that the people of
Rivers State never knew three days to the election.
“The AAC had no House of Assembly Candidates, they had no House of
Representatives Candidates and No Senate Candidates for the elections.
There is no way that such a party would have been coasting to victory “.
He added that the AAC Governorship Candidate couldn’t have been coasting
to victory and still approach the Federal High Court for the
cancellation of the Governorship Election Results.
On the allegation that the INEC Chairman , Professor Mahmood Yakubu
influenced the suspension of the Collation process because he worked
under him at the Federal Ministry of Education, the Rivers State
Governor said that the position of Amaechi was baseless. He said that
at the Ministry of Education, he superintended basic Education, while
the INEC Chairman served as TETFUND Executive Secretary under the
Minister of Education. He said that the INEC Chairman was appointed by
the APC Federal Government and since his appointment, there has been no
links
Governor Wike said despite the evil machinations of the Minister of
Transportation, he was unable to deliver 25 percent of votes for
President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and 2019
“In 2015, as a sitting Governor, he failed to deliver 25percent of votes
for President Buhari. He claimed that Jonathan helped us. In 2019,
with all the security agencies, he still couldn’t deliver 25percent for
President Buhari.
“He sang war songs, but couldn’t deliver 25 percent of votes for the
President “, he said.
On the incident at Obio/Akpor LGA Secretariat, Governor Wike said that
the GOC of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Jamil
Sarhem sent soldiers to invade the Collation Centre and cart away
results .
“I went there to stop the Army from carting away results from my Local
Government Area “, he said.
Governor Wike said that the illegal activities of the Nigerian Army all
through the Governorship Election were well documented by the media and
the International community. He said that the videos of the Army
invading the Rivers State Governorship Election Collation Centre has
since gone viral.
He said that even the Rivers State Commander of F-SARs has since
written him a congratulatory letter on his well deserved victory.
He said that his Administration continues to fund all security agencies
in the state, including providing needed logistics. He said that the
Israelis that Amaechi introduced were only used to siphon State
resources .
He wondered why Amaechi finds Pleasure in de-marketing Rivers State,
when the State made him Speaker, Governor and Minister of the Federal
Republic.
Governor Wike said after four years as a Minister, Amaechi cannot boast
of attracting a single project to Rivers State. He noted that as
Minister of State for Education, he attracted several projects to the
state.
He denied attempting to bribe the GOC, saying that he has never met him
at any point. He said by Amaechi’s logic, it means that the Minister
bribed the GOC 6 Division to subvert the Electoral Process.