Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on
the international community to disregard the death threats credited to Kaduna
State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and monitor the 2019 general election to ensure
its crediblity.
He declared that the international community must
sanction Nigeria and any official linked to the planned rigging of the 2019 general
election by the federal government.
Wike, who spoke at the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) campaign rally at Ngo in Andoni Local Government Area on Thursday, said the
sanctions must begin with El-Rufai whom he described as “the purveyor of
extreme electoral violence.”
He said: "We want to call on the international
community not to be afraid. They should not be deterred by the so-called threat
by El-Rufai.
"They should come out and monitor these
elections. If anybody rigs the elections, they should sanction Nigeria. They should
start by imposing sanctions on El-Rufai by cancelling all his visas.”
He stated that in 2015, the international community
monitored the elections and no threats were issued by the President Goodluck Jonathan
administration.
According to Wike, "In 2015, the international
community monitored the elections and Jonathan lost,” adding: “He did not fight,
instead, he handed over peacefully. He said that his ambition was not worth the
blood of any Nigerian. These elections must be free and fair."
The governor noted that El-Rufai and the All
Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government have resorted to issuance of
threats because “they are afraid of imminent defeat.
"El-rufai is afraid because he knows he has
nothing to account for his stewardship in Kaduna State. That is why he can attack
the international community.
"I want the international community to
disregard this threat by El-Rufai as empty.”
Wike noted that the mere fact that other
geo-political zones of the country are quiet does not mean that they don't know
what to do.
On development in Andoni Local Government Area, he
noted that his administration had invested massively in the Andoni section of
the Unity road, and that several health and education projects have been
executed in the area.
Wike, therefore, urged Andoni people to remain
committed to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as their son, the National
Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, is one of the leading lights of
the expected sack of the APC federal government.
He urged the people to vote for all PDP candidates so
that the revival of the country after the victory of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar can
come fast.
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