Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has, once again, commented about the intraparty conflict in the leading opposition party, the PDP.
He has said anyone interested in getting votes in Rivers state must come to the state adding that Rivers state people would no longer be father Christmas doling out votes without having what they would gain spelt out.
Apparently referring to the unsuccessful measures taken to address intraparty conflict in the party , Wike said Rivers remained strategic in any election adding that he would not go and look for anybody.
‘I believe that they must know us here because we have what it takes to deliver. They must come and know us. I’m not going to find anybody. You must come here. You can’t take 600 and something thousand votes away from my local government. You can’t take 3.2million votes from my state just like that’ he said.
‘If we were Father Christmas before, we won’t be father Christmas anymore. You must tell me what is there for me if I should vote. So nobody should bother himself. At the appropriate time we will talk to our people and our people will understand.
If you say we don’t exist, we will tell you that you don’t exist. I am not a son to anybody. I am a son of Rivers state. I am working to attract what will benefit Rivers state’ he added.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned the governor said this on Thursday during the flag-off of the 11th flyover project by his administration at Rumuola- Ikwerre Road-Rumuokwuta Roundabout , Obio Akpor Local Government .
This was done by former governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke.
Wike noted that Rivers state is too strategic politically to be ignored by any serious-minded politician, who desires to win an election.
‘This Local Government alone, Obio Akpor, where I come from, we registered not less than 600,000 voters. This local government beats two states in their electoral strength.
So we are not a state that you can take for granted, not to talk about the Local Government where I come from’ he said.
The governor also claimed that politicians in the state were ending membership of their political parties to join the PDP-Team@orientactualmags.com
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