58 governorship candidates in Rivers State on Friday declared their support for the re-election of the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in the forthcoming poll.
This candidates also accuse the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of colluding to disrupt the March 9, 2019 governorship election in the state.
Speaking during a solidarity visit to Wike at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the group’s Chairman, Pastor Samuel Ihunwo, said “We observed that our people were killed by the military. We have come for a solidarity visit because as the father of the state, you are pained by what is happening. We condemn in totality, the unwarranted killings by the military,” he said.
In his response, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, asserted that the state’s political trajectory cannot be manipulated by anyone.
He said, “If we rely on the security agencies, by now, we will not be here. Only God protects us in Rivers State.
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“If you see the connivance between the APC and the security agencies, you will marvel how we have gone so low. The security agencies aiding individuals to perpetrate crime; it is unfortunate”.
“You cannot cling to power through the blood of innocent people. Those people who believe that the only way they can come to power is when they finish killing everybody, should emulate these governorship candidates.