by Ranti Joseph
Rivers State governor-elect, Nyesom Wike, has described the allegation that he is making arrangements to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the All Progressives Congress (APC) as farce and a deliberate falsehood.
The state publicity secretary of APC, Chris Finebone, said the party rejected the move by Wike to dump PDP for APC.
However, in a statement signed by his media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu, Wike said his reported defection was a deliberate falsehood taken to comic proportion.
He said he had already set up the transition and inauguration committees, which consist of respected Rivers leaders and would not be distracted by Rivers APC’s comedy.
“Rivers State governor-elect, Chief Wike (CON) is a committed member of PDP and has not entered into any negotiation with the APC with the aim of defecting to the party.
“He got his mandate to lead Rivers State to recovery and redemption on the platform of PDP and will exercise the mandate on this noble platform.
“If this is the Rivers APC way of acknowledging that Wike is the most widely accepted leader and politician in Rivers State, we advise them to be more courageous by coming forward to congratulate him.
“They should also accept his offer for them to join his administration to rebuild Rivers State after years of APC mis-governance, maladministration, impunity and failure.
“We consider this falsehood being spread by the defeated Rivers APC as a disservice to the people of Rivers State.
“In the last few days, the Rivers APC has embraced a funny pastime of spinning all manners of false tales to remain relevant in the polity after their total rejection by the people of Rivers State,” the statement read.
