Wike: El-Rufai reaping from evil plotted against Rivers
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, accused the APC-led government of dragging Nigeria 50 years backwards on Friday.
Wike also claimed that Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, is reaping the benefits of the evil he orchestrated against Rivers State in 2015.
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The PDP chieftain said this when Obiageli Ejezie, Vice President of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt, led other club leaders to Government House in Port Harcourt to present him with the 2019/2020 Good Governance Award for his outstanding achievements in project execution in Rivers State.
Wike said in a statement released by his spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri, that the ruling party had persuaded Nigerians that they could rule better than former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“There can be no good governance without security,” he said, adding that this is focused on the rule of law. We are all living witnesses to allegations in 2015 that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government was unable to perform.”
“So, Nigeria needed a change. What has happened to the change? They have taken Nigeria back by 50 years.”
Wike wondered for how long the APC-led Federal Government would allow the needless killings and abduction of innocent Nigerians to continue.
The governor said, “Now, you wake up every morning, students are being kidnapped in so-and-so state university; people have been killed in so-and-so state. It has become the norm.”
“Just wake up in the morning and the first thing you will see on the front page of the dailies is ‘10 people have been kidnapped in Niger State; 20 have been killed in Zamfara State, five have been killed in Imo’ and this happens virtually every day. So, where are we heading to?”
The Rivers State Governor accused the Federal Government of instigating security crises in Rivers, saying the APC governors had visited the Presidency to demand the withdrawal of a commissioner of police from Rivers.
“Now, in order to cause crises in our state, they brought the CP they wanted. At the end of the day, God did not allow them to have their way. But see what is happening in his state now. When you are plotting evil against somebody, evil will visit you. And that is the problem Governor el-Rufai is facing today in Kaduna State.’’
“I remember when I came in 2015, when they were honouring one of their friends as a minister on live television, Channels, el-Rufai had the temerity to say (my) election could not stand in Rivers State and that they would kick me out,” Wike said.
