Ismail Mantu Reporting
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has declared that the antics of anti-democratic elements aimed at thwarting the conduct of the forthcoming 2023 general election will fail.
The governor insisted that despite their desperation, such anti-people acts will not succeed because Rivers people are fully prepared to participate in the election.
Governor Wike spoke at the campaign flag-off rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that held at the Kalabari National College (KNC) in Buguma City of Askari-Toru Local Government Area (ASALGA) on Monday.
The governor told the people of ASALGA not to allow anything trouble them, but focus on the election because the candidates they are supporting are credible and trust worthy persons who must win.
Governor Wike warned the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) Senator Magnus Abe, to stop raising unnecessary alarm in the media because it appears he is unable to sustain his quest at soliciting acceptance of Rivers people to actualise his governorship dreams.
The Rivers State governor insisted that nobody is stopping any candidate of political parties from campaigning, but if anyone must use public facility for his campaigns then the person should abide by the law and pay the non-refundable security fee of N5M.
The governor recalled that Senator Abe has a penchant for raising false alarm. According to him, Rivers people know there was a time Senator Abe faked being a victim of gun shoot, yet could not produce doctor’s report to the police to substantiate the claim.
Governor Wike told Senator Abe that the kind of popularity that wins election is not secured in the media with false alarms, but achieved with levels of direct relationship sustained with the people.
He told the people of Asari-Toru Local Government Area to expect his administration to flag-off the dualisation of the East-West Road in Emohua to Tema junction in Asari-Toru, before the 25th of February this year and it will include street light.
The governor said all the promises he made to Kalabari people when he sought their support between 2014 and 2015 when he was gunning for governorship have all been fulfilled.
In particular, governor Wike listed the sandfilling project in Abalama town, reconstruction of Marywood Girls School and the phase one of the Tans-kalabari road project which will soon be inaugurated, that will benefit ASALGA people directly.