The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has assured Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the presidential election in 2019.
Wike accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and officials of the electoral body of plotting to subvert the will of the people. He said despite all plots, the duo would be resisted by Nigerians.
Speaking in Asaba over the weekend, the governor said those pretending to be seeking second tenure in office would have declined contesting election if democratic principles were functional in Nigeria, especially after performing woefully.
Wike said: “We are going to win the Presidency in 2019. We take it for granted that we have won our governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly seats.”
He also alleged that all the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are orphans in Abuja and must work towards taking over leadership at the federal level.
“Frankly speaking, if Nigeria is a country where democracy is democracy, so many won’t talk about contesting election. Because first of all you need to tell the people what you have done for them.
“What will they come to tell Delta people that they have done in the area? Nothing. What is their confidence? What will they say they have done in the Niger Delta?
“What they don’t understand is that we are more prepared now than in the past. Anybody who thinks that he can come and rig us out, will fail.
“Part of corruption that we must fight is the corruption of stealing people’s mandate. That is the biggest corruption.
“When we get that right, other things will fall in place. It is corruption when you don’t allow those who have won to be declared as winners,” he said.
Earlier the All Progressives Congress (APC) had accused the Rivers state governor of having ties with the crisis within its party in the state.
A chieftain of the party, Chief Callistus Nwachukwu accused the governor and his aides of trying to blackmail top APC chieftains in Rivers.
A chieftain of the party, Chief Callistus Nwachukwu accused the governor and his aides of trying to blackmail top APC chieftains in Rivers.
Nwachukwu said Wike and his aides and three others are trying to blackmail the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and ex-commissioner for agriculture Emma Chindah.
