“No democracy can survive with (Nyesom) Wike’s kind of attitude and disposition to elections”, says the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, about his successor – the Rivers state governor.
In a statement released by his Media Office in Abuja on Saturday, Amaechi said the allegations by Wike that the Peoples Democratic Party won the election in his (Amaechi’s) local government area, is an attempt to blackmail the Independent National Electoral Commission to announce an inconclusive result.
“Wike’s riotous comment is disgraceful and shameful. His resort to blackmail, threats and more violence is a clear danger to the practice of democracy, to free and fair elections in Rivers State.”
“You would recall that Wike has been threatening INEC and INEC officials. Before the re-run elections, he threatened INEC officials coming to conduct the elections to write their wills before coming as if they were coming to die in Rivers State.”
“Sadly, an INEC adhoc staff, a youth corps member was killed, murdered. This is a classic case of the owl crying in the night and the baby not waking up in the morning.”
“He threatened INEC before the elections and an INEC official sent to conduct election was murdered on election day, what other evidence do we need to know who is responsible for the death of the INEC official?”
“This is intolerable and completely unacceptable. No democracy can survive with Wike’s kind of attitude and disposition to elections. Wike can’t just go on and on threatening crisis, war and more violence just because of his desperation to win elections.”
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