{"id":92742,"date":"2022-03-12T20:29:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92742"},"modified":"2022-03-12T20:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T19:29:28","slug":"wike-to-umahi-you-cannot-transfer-votes-defect-and-leave-the-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/wike-to-umahi-you-cannot-transfer-votes-defect-and-leave-the-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike to Umahi: You cannot transfer votes, defect and leave the votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1727123117368341471\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi to return the mandate he had received when elected on the platform of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>Governor Wike made the demand at the inauguration of the Eastern Bypass Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>He said it was rather unfortunate that instead of seeking an appeal to the judgement of the court that had sacked him, Governor Umahi made a reckless statement attacking the judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Look at a governor making a reckless statement simply because a judge made a judgement according to his own opinion, which you are entitled to appeal up to Supreme Court,\u2019 the Rivers governor stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You have called somebody a thief in the market and you\u2019re saying I\u2019m sorry. It is late. That your sorry, we, the members of the public, we don\u2019t take it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike said this was the first in Nigeria\u2019s political history that the defection of a governor to another party was being contested in court.<\/p>\n<p>He opined that the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to challenge the defection of the governor and others elected on its platform should be seen as a clear example of what is required to strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>Governor Wike pointed out that it was members of the PDP who took Governor Umahi to court to demand the mandate of the party from him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If our party has done this earlier when people were leaving in the National Assembly, we won\u2019t have had the problem we are having today,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That is one of the problems of party leadership. People cannot come out and take the bull by the horns. So, Governor Umahi, be rest assured that PDP will continue this matter down to Supreme Court. We will continue with the matter.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Rivers governor said it is no longer acceptable that someone would win an election and defect with the victory to another party for fear of escaping visitation of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You carry the votes of another party and join another party. Can you transfer votes? You work hard for somebody to win an election and tomorrow the person says, \u201cI have defected\u201d.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2018If you have defected, leave the seat if you know it\u2019s easy. And this will checkmate most of these political harlots who will never sit one place.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi to return the mandate he had received when elected on the platform of the People\u2019s Democratic Party&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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