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Rivers Rerun Elections Will Be A Test for Democracy – Governor Wike

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: March 5, 2016
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the forthcoming legislative rerun elections in the  state would be  a test of the preparedness of the current Federal Government to allow for the deepening of democracy.
He reiterated  that the Supreme Court upheld his election  on the premise of laid down legal principles applied in all the other governorship  appeals , saying that no action  was taken to influence  the  judgment  as alleged by the Rivers APC.
The  governor  who  appeared on a radio phone-in  programme in Port Harcourt  on Saturday, said  that  the people  of  Rivers State would not allow the planned use of security  agencies  to  rig the elections  to materialise.
According to him, the desperation to rig the forthcoming rerun elections is  part of a plot by the APC to capture  Rivers State through  fraudulent  means as they have arranged  to write results and go ahead  with an impeachment  plan.
He said: “They are so desperate  to  rig the elections. These elections  will be a test for democracy  in Nigeria “.
Governor  Wike  said  that  contrary  to  claims by the APC,  he is not involved  in inciting violence  as the warning  he gave that those who plan to rig the rerun elections  will be  treated as political armed robbers is in line with similar  warnings  given by President  Muhammadu Buhari before the last general elections.
“If they  are  coming  to  do proper elections to let the will of the people  to prevail,  we will  support  them. Why are they worried simply  because  we are fighting  political  armed robbers”, he said.
On the issue  of  the  Supreme Court judgment  which validated his election,  Governor Wike said that just like in other governorship  elections,  the Court held that the Card reader  was not superior  to  the  voter register  in the accreditation  process. He added that the Supreme Court  also held that he was not given fair hearing because  the  second  chairman  of  the  Rivers State Governorship  Tribunal  passed a judgment  in a motion that he did not hear.
He stated that it was unfortunate  that  the Rivers State APC  would misinterprete his vote of thanks and single out Dr Peter Odili  for attacks when he listed several PDP  leaders who supported  him as party men.
Governor Wike  said  that  in the earlier  appeal he filed on the issue  of territorial  jurisdiction with Justice Mary Odili on the panel, the Supreme Court  dismissed  his appeal with the APC celebrating,  pointing  out  that  on the Panel without Justice Mary Odili, his appeal was upheld.
He wondered why the Rivers APC  wants the world to believe  their falsehood  that Justice  Mary Odili  influenced a panel in which she was not a member, but could not influence  the one she sat on.
Commenting on  the  military  invasion  of  Ogoni communities which led to the loss of innocent  lives, Governor Wike said that  he supports  fight against  criminality, but will never support the unjustified  killing  of  innocent people.
He said  he visited  Yeghe and Bori as governor  to ascertain  the level of damage and loss of lives. He wondered why in the so-called search for one Solomon  Ndigbara,  the military  would massively  deploy to Ogoni land to disrupt  very peaceful  communities.
While blaming Senator  Magnus Abe for going about with soldiers to intimidate  his constituents, Governor Wike said  that  it was unfortunate  that  some politicians  invite soldiers to rout their peaceful  communities.
He said  that   the  Solomon Ndigbara  that Magnus  Abe  is hunting for was Senator  Abe’s associate before they fell out politically.
“Senator Magnus Abe should  apologise to the Ogoni people.  I am an Ikwerre man. Have you ever seen me invite the military  to our land?”, he said.
He denied making any inciting  statement when he attended  the  Birthday of Senator Lee Maeba, saying that all he did was to campaign  for  the  PDP  candidate, Senator Olaka Nwogu.
The  governor  added that  he intercepted  a communication  wherein  Senator  Abe stated that he can only emerge victorious through the help of soldiers during  the  rerun  elections.
Governor Wike emphasised  his declaration  that top government functionaries, PDP candidates in the forthcoming rerun elections and PDP leaders should  resist arrest from security  agents detailed to destabilise the PDP ahead of the rerun elections.
He said  he believes  in the rule of law hence  he will  not allow anyone  to  use  illegal  means to manipulate the  election  process in the state.
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