By: Felix Ikpotor
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign spokesman for Rivers State, Dr. Leloonu Nwibubasa has advised the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to stop misleading the people of the state by deliberate misinformation.
This he said while reacting to statements made by the governor during the inauguration of the state gubernatorial campaign council.
Nwibubasa said it is not correct for governor Wike to claim that the PDP Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar did not reach out to him to send nominees from the state to the Presidential Campaign Council of the party.
Rather, he said, it’s the governor that denied Rivers people more representation in the campaign council by refusing to send in nominees.
“Again Rivers people will not be deceived or hoodwinked to support any other Presidential candidate apart from Atiku Abubakar on the basis of Governor Wike’s twisted ‘state interest’’.
“ It is in public domain that no other Presidential candidate has the interest of Rivers State at heart like Atiku Abubakar. Atiku’s businesses in the state has provided more jobs in Rivers State and trained over seven hundred thousand people in Rivers State in various skills and craft”.
“His investments has created wealth and boost the economy of the state . He is a friend of Rivers People, that’s the reason despite Gov Wike’s antagonism he still appointed many very credible Rivers sons into his Presidential Campaign council,” he said.
Nwibubasar who was a former commissioner in Wike’s first tenure said, “it is a great surprise and also of grave concern that Gov Wike openly declared our leaders, fathers and kinsmen ‘enemies of the state’ for their decision to support our Party’s Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar”.
“Rivers people must recall that few months ago, the same ‘enemies of the state’ traversed the length and breadth of this country risking their lives on land and in the air to help Gov Wike in his Presidential bid.They gave their best. If their best could not push Gov Wike through, should they also join Gov Wike to destroy the party that made them, With Gov Wike being the highest beneficiary?
The campaign spokesman said they will continue to support Atiku because of the verifiable evidence of his productive passion for the development of the state.
