The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has taken a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, following the comments credited to him during a rally organised by the South-South Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State on Saturday.
The state chairman of APC, Dr. Davies Ikanya, on Sunday described as ridiculous the President’s statement that the PDP will recover Rivers and Edo States from the hands of the APC in the 2015 and 2016 governorship elections.
This was contained in a statement issued by his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, a copy obtained by Punch.
Dr. Ikanya, who stated that Jonathan’s assertion was not in line with the realities on ground in Rivers, attributed it to ignorance about the political realities in the state.
“The All Progressives Congress, Rivers State chapter, has dismissed as ridiculous the boast by President Goodluck Jonathan that his Peoples Democratic Party will recover the state from the hands of the APC during the 2015 general elections.
“This boast made on Saturday by President Jonathan during the 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, Nyesome Wike, has polarised the PDP in Rivers State to the extent that it cannot even win a councillorship seat in a free and fair election.
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“Wike (Minister of State for Education) is either deluding himself or deliberately feeding Mr. President with lies in a bid to feather his nest,” Ikanya said.
The chairman, who further took a swipe at the president, blamed him for giving Rivers oil wells to Bayelsa State, and questioned why Rivers people would vote for the PDP in 2015. He also asked if it was based on supporting Akwa Ibom and Abia states to take over the state’s oil wells.
He also accused the Jonathan led-administration of not doing any meaningful project in Rivers State as well as the President’s deliberate refusal to implement the UNEP Report on Ogoni land.
“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,” he said.
The state chairman, who lauded Governor, Rotimi Amaechi’s achievements noted that they were enough to give the APC the anticipated victory in future elections in the state.
It would be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan on September 27, 2014, at the PDP South-South unity rally held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin city, Edo State, said the PDP would win Edo and Rivers states in the 2015 and 2016 general and governorship elections.
Meanwhile, on September 18, 2014, the All Progressives Congress, APC, South-south chapter announced that the party will do everything possible to stop the alleged threat to the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, by President Goodluck
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