Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that what transpired during the Ekiti State governorship election is the worst political robbery in the nation's democratic history.
This is as the Chairman of the Rivers State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, congratulated Dr. Kayode Fayemi for winning the keenly contested poll.
Speaking on Sunday at the Anglican Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, Port Harcourt during the Thanksgiving Service to mark the end of Third Year Anniversary Celebration of his administration, said he was aware that the APC-led Federal Government was planning to replicate what it did in Ekiti State in Rivers State.
He however said the plans would fail as the people were poised to resist the plans.
Wike said: "Don't be worried about what happened in Ekiti State. We are prepared. It will not happen here in Rivers State.
"I have never experienced that kind of robbery in politics. I told my colleagues, do not give them any chance. Most of them in APC are happy that they will repeat the same thing in Rivers State, we are waiting, come and repeat. Let your spirit not be down, work hard and victory will be ours".
On the Thanksgiving, Wike said the State Government has come before God to appreciate him for a hitch-free programme, which spread across two months
He said the third year anniversary of his administration offered Rivers people the opportunity to witness the superlative performance over the period under the review.
"We made sure that people who have eyes see what we have done for the state. Except those who are blind, for which there is nothing we can do about it.
"We will continue to do the best for the people of Rivers State. The people deserve the best. This one year we will not stop doing projects, irrespective of the elections," he said.
He urged the people of Rivers State to continue to support his administration.
In his sermon, Arch-Bishop of Province of Niger Delta, Most Rev. Ignatius Kattey, lauded Wike for outstanding developmental strides, saying that the Rivers State Governor has graduated from Mr Projects to Doctor Projects.
Co-Adjutor Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Niger Delta North, Rt Rev Wisdom Ihunwo, prayed God to continue to bless the Wike administration for the realisation that her source of strength is from above.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of Rivers State Chapter of APC, Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, has congratulated the governor-elect of Ekiti State, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi (JFK) over his victory in last Saturday's keenly contested Ekiti governorship election.
In a statement issued in Port Harcourt Sunday, Flag-Amachree lauded the people of Ekiti for their choice.
“For more than three years, Gov. Fayose deceived himself believing he was deceiving the good people of Ekiti State; for over three years, Fayose unleashed propaganda on his own people, claiming he is part of the masses by eating ponmo at roadside bukas while stealing Ekiti dry. But yesterday, the people spoke with their PVCs by rejecting the governor and his handpicked successor. Ekiti people simply liberated themselves from the shackles of Fayose and his theatrics," he said.
He also lauded the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government for creating an enabling and level playing field for the holding of a peaceful, free and credible governorship election in Ekiti State.
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