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Wednesday, 13 June 2018

EKPEYE ETHNIC NATIONALITY ENDORSE GOVERNOR WIKE FOR A SECOND TERM 

EKPEYE ETHNIC NATIONALITY ENDORSE GOVERNOR WIKE FOR A SECOND TERM 


▪as Governor Wike upgrades two more Ekpeye stools to first class status 


In view of his outstanding performance, the Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality on Wednesday endorsed the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for  a second term. 


This is as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike upgraded two more stools in Ekpeye-land to first class status.  The stools upgraded are the Eze Igbu Ubie and Eze Igbu Akoh stools.


Speaking on behalf of the Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality during  a Solidarity Visit  to the Rivers State Governor at the Government House Port Harcourt on Wednesday, President General of Uzugbani Ekpeye, Professor Dulu Appah declared that Ekpeye people are overwhelmingly committed  to the re-election of Governor Wike. 


"The Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality overwhelmingly calls on Governor Wike to contest for a second term.  We shall deliver our votes  100 percent to the Rivers State Governor and the PDP.


"We shall deliver our votes to you and the PDP. We are committed to the PDP in both local and national elections ", he said.


The President-General of Uzugbani Ekpeye said that the Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality reached the decision to support the re-election of Governor Wike because of the key projects and appointments to the area. 


He said: "This is the first time in the history of our state that project and appointments are evenly distributed to local governments and ethnic nationalities.  With the rapid development of both urban and rural areas, the one city status often associated with Rivers State will soon be a thing of the past."


Also speaking, Eze Ekpeye Logbo, Eze Robinson O. Robinson praised Governor Wike for his developmental strides, assuring him that the community will not falter.


Eze Igbu Upata, Eze Felix Otuwarikpo said the  Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality will demonstrate her support for Governor Wike through massive mobilisation and defence of votes  in 2019.


He said there will be a setting up of traditional and political platforms in Orashi region for the victory of Governor Wike. 


Eze Igbu Upata said that the defection of Martin Manna was an embarrassment to the Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality.  He noted that Manna has no electoral value in the area.


Responding, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike assured the people of Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality that he will complete all the projects initiated in the area .


He announced that a campus of the Rivers State University will not located in the area, noting that the chairman of the Rivers State University Governing Council and the Vice Chancellor have been directed to work out modalities. 


The governor said: "Every project we have started in Ekpeye land will be completed.  Ekpeye people should be united, so that they can attract more projects. "


Governor Wike stated that his administration is willing to grant more amnesty to repentant cultists in the  area because of the need  for total peace for development. 


The governor noted that his administration has been fair to the Ekpeye Ethnic Nationality in terms of key appointments and projects.  He said the people deserve government's patronage. 


He urge Ekpeye people to be involved in politics as a way of ensuring that development is entrenched in the area. 


On the election of representatives in 2019, Governor Wike charged the Ekpeye people to elect credible legislators who will not short-change them.


He noted that the member  of the State Assembly who defected recently, denied his people development by diverting constituency project funds meant for his people.


Simeon Nwakaudu,


Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media. 


13th June, 2018.


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GOVERNOR WIKE TO AMAECHI: RIVERS PEOPLE VOTED FOR ME BECAUSE OF MY OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that Rivers people overwhelmingly voted for him during the 2019 Governorship Election because of his outstanding performance and projects delivery. In a response to false allegations made by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi during his appearance on Channels Television Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Governor Wike said that the Former Rivers State Governor failed in his quest to truncate his second term because Rivers people are happy with his work. He said he wouldn't have responded to the falsehood being peddled by the Minister of Transportation, but he owes the public the duty to set the record straight. He said: "It is unfortunate. I extended the Olive Branch and I meant every word of it. It was on that basis that the State Attorney General filed a nolle prosequi to withdraw the charge against Flag Amachree. "If I did not do well in my first term, PDP wouldn't have given me the party's flag to fly. In 2015, the same man vowed that over his dead body would I emerge victorious. "I have done well for my people . It is for the people of Rivers State to decide. It is not the in the place of Amaechi to decide. "We have over 6million people and over 3million registered voters. Therefore, Amaechi cannot say I cannot go for a second term. He has only one vote. "In the past, he said an Ikwerre man cannot succeed another Ikwerre man. Today, he is saying his grouse is that I cannot go for a second term. At every step, he has one story or the other". Governor Wike said contrary to the story that Amaechi peddled whilst he was on Channels Television, kidnapping raged during his tenure. He said it was so bad that the State Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission under Amaechi was kidnapped. The Governor noted that despite the National High-Rate of insecurity, Rivers State is relatively peaceful, with very high ratings. "Our internally Generated Revenue has improved due to the peace and security of the state". Governor Wike said that the political misfortune that befell the APC during the last general elections in Rivers State was principally due to the impunity of Amaechi . He said: "It is because of this impunity that his party was not on the ballot. Because of this impunity he has denied so many people their political future ". He said that the plots by Amaechi to manipulate the Tribunal will fail like other previous plots. The Governor noted that Amaechi's boast that he appointed the members of the tribunal and they would work for him remains one of his empty boasts. Governor Wike said that Amaechi's plot to use the police to illegally certify fake results as he did for Rivers East Senatorial District during the rerun elections tribunal would fail. "The game he played in Rivers East of using the police to certify fake results will not work. During the rerun Police certified fake results. That game will not work again. We have gone beyond that . We are waiting for the police to certify fake results for Amaechi ". He stated that there was no way that the defeated AAC Governorship Candidate, Engr Awara would have been coasting to victory when he neither campaigned or printed posters. He said: "Awara ran for the PDP councillorship in 2018 and lost. For this election, he did not Campaign and never printed posters. "Look at that kind of impunity. He brought a man that the people of Rivers State never knew three days to the election. "The AAC had no House of Assembly Candidates, they had no House of Representatives Candidates and No Senate Candidates for the elections. There is no way that such a party would have been coasting to victory ". He added that the AAC Governorship Candidate couldn't have been coasting to victory and still approach the Federal High Court for the cancellation of the Governorship Election Results. On the allegation that the INEC Chairman , Professor Mahmood Yakubu influenced the suspension of the Collation process because he worked under him at the Federal Ministry of Education, the Rivers State Governor said that the position of Amaechi was baseless. He said that at the Ministry of Education, he superintended basic Education, while the INEC Chairman served as TETFUND Executive Secretary under the Minister of Education. He said that the INEC Chairman was appointed by the APC Federal Government and since his appointment, there has been no links Governor Wike said despite the evil machinations of the Minister of Transportation, he was unable to deliver 25 percent of votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and 2019 "In 2015, as a sitting Governor, he failed to deliver 25percent of votes for President Buhari. He claimed that Jonathan helped us. In 2019, with all the security agencies, he still couldn't deliver 25percent for President Buhari. "He sang war songs, but couldn't deliver 25 percent of votes for the President ", he said. On the incident at Obio/Akpor LGA Secretariat, Governor Wike said that the GOC of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Jamil Sarhem sent soldiers to invade the Collation Centre and cart away results . "I went there to stop the Army from carting away results from my Local Government Area ", he said. Governor Wike said that the illegal activities of the Nigerian Army all through the Governorship Election were well documented by the media and the International community. He said that the videos of the Army invading the Rivers State Governorship Election Collation Centre has since gone viral. He said that even the Rivers State Commander of F-SARs has since written him a congratulatory letter on his well deserved victory. He said that his Administration continues to fund all security agencies in the state, including providing needed logistics. He said that the Israelis that Amaechi introduced were only used to siphon State resources . He wondered why Amaechi finds Pleasure in de-marketing Rivers State, when the State made him Speaker, Governor and Minister of the Federal Republic. Governor Wike said after four years as a Minister, Amaechi cannot boast of attracting a single project to Rivers State. He noted that as Minister of State for Education, he attracted several projects to the state. He denied attempting to bribe the GOC, saying that he has never met him at any point. He said by Amaechi's logic, it means that the Minister bribed the GOC 6 Division to subvert the Electoral Process. Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media. 7th May, 2019.

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