Rivers State All Progressives Congress has said that despite the assumption of office by Governor Nyesom Wike who won the election under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, APC will use the election petition tribunal to reclaim the people’s mandate.
State chairman of the APC, Dr. Davies Ikanya, in a statement said “Mr. Wike was unjustly declared winner by the state INEC, which never hides its connivance with Rivers PDP.
Furthermore, Wike during a Thanksgiving Service for Former President Goodluck Jonathan at Yenagoa on Saturday said Nigerians would appreciate him more in the future.
Wike said “Nigerians will in the near future appreciate all the contributions of President Goodluck Jonathan to the development of the country in all spheres of life. His greatest achievement is his work in democratic circles. Nigeria will forever be grateful to him for being a statesman.”
“He does not have the legitimate mandate of the good people of Rivers State to act as their governor. We remain confident that the Election Petition Tribunal will do the needful and sack him accordingly in view of the materials submitted to them, in view of the immorality associated with his occupation of the Government House and in view of the outcry of the people of Rivers State that he does not have their mandate to serve as their governor.
“As we wait to reclaim the mandate of the Rivers State people, which was wickedly seized by INEC in their desperation to impose Wike as the governor of Rivers State, we wish to state that we will not allow the blood of our members spilled to be in vain.
“We owe them and their families the duty to ensure that a God-fearing governor in the person of Dr. Dakuku Peterside is duly installed in the Government House based on the mandate of the good Rivers State people.”