The Chairman, National Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Edo State Gubernatorial Election, Nyesom Wike has mocked his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Wike, who is the Rivers State Governor, expressed surprise at Ganduje, his Kano State counterpart, for saying he (Wike) would be “isolated” until the September 19 election had been concluded.
Speaking at the inauguration of the 93-member campaign council on Tuesday, the Rivers State Governor said that by referring to isolation, the APC has shown its intention to storm Edo with military personnel to rig the September 19 polls.
He said, “Nobody can intimidate us in this election. Yesterday (Monday), I was told and today I read on the pages of newspapers that Governor (Abdullahi) Ganduje said that he was going to isolate me until the election is over. If Nigeria were to be a country, who is supposed to be isolated?
“A man who pocketed dollars in a babariga from contractors is not isolated and you say that I should be isolated? In this country, where are we heading to?
“Let me tell you why they made Ganduje the chairman of the campaign council. It is because of the dollars they saw. But for dollars, Ganduje could not have been made the chairman of the campaign council. But what he doesn’t understand is that we from the Niger Delta, we shall “chop” his dollars and we will “chop” him into a coma. So Ganduje, your dollars will not work in Edo state. We have integrity in our party.
“But let us understand the statement made by Ganduje, don’t look at it ordinarily. What Ganduje said was that they have concluded with security agencies to make sure that the people of Edo state do not protect and defend their votes; that they will not allow them to come out and before you know it, they will announce the result. So he just said they will isolate me. No, I am not at his level.
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“To the security agencies, any attempt to rig this election in Edo state, we will all know whether it is better for us to remain here or not because Edo people have spoken and it is very clear. Let nobody make any attempt, Edo state has come back to the PDP.”