Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that only those who have failed their people during administration move around with escorts even after leaving office.
The Governor said that his administration has fulfilled its promises to the people, maintaining that only failed leaders move around with security details even after leaving office.
Wike made the comment on Thursday during the flag-off of a flyover project in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, adding that he will leave office next year a happy man because he did not “disgrace” the people of the state.
“Already, I am leaving in the next few months, I am going but I am happy going because my people are happy I did not disgrace them,” the governor said during the event which also had ex-governor of Cross River State Donald Duke in attendance.
“I am going without having any policemen following me on the streets. There is nobody that can touch me in any street because I have done what the people want me to do.
“It is only those that have failed because they haven’t done anything for their people that carry soldiers after leaving office. I don’t have one to follow me. Even if they give me, I won’t take. I want to move alone.”
The former minister, who said his government has “changed the narrative in terms of governance”, asked the people to hold leaders accountable.
“So, When Rivers people ask me what am I doing with my money, I will tell them what I am doing with my money.
“If we were getting the kind of money we used to get before, I would have turned this state into Dubai.”
“Ask PDP in Rivers State what they have done for the people of the state. This is our campaign,” the governor added.
“So, when people come and ask you to vote for them, ask them: The one you went before, what happened?”