From: TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that Nigerians have realised that the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) has nothing to offer in terms of developmental projects, aside the circulation of lies.
Governor Wike also stated that the APC fight against corruption was targeted at the intimidation of political opponents, as the party only prosecuted former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors , while indicted former APC governors were allowed to move freely.
Speaking at the Government House, Port Harcourt yesterday, when he granted audience to the Abuluoma Council of Chiefs, Governor Wike said there was no sincerity in the fight against corruption by the ruling APC.
According to him “Nigerians have seen that the ruling party has nothing to offer them except to tell lies. They claim they are fighting corruption, but how many APC former governors have been arraigned? Nobody is against the government fighting corruption, but it must be fought with sincerity. Even when an APC former governor was indicted by a judicial commission of inquiry , they fail to prosecute such a person.”
The governor added: “I just heard that they have arrested the former Niger State governor after two years. May be because political activities are picking up and they want to intimidate him, that is why this is happening now”.
Governor Wike said the crisis that the APC planted in the PDP would be the first thing that would consume it.
On development projects in Abuluoma, Governor Wike assured the community that his administration has awarded contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of roads in Abuluoma and Amadi Ama communities.
He thanked the Abuluoma people for their massive support for him during the electioneering period, noting that he would keep all the promises he made to them.
Earlier, the Amanyanabo of Abuluoma, Brigadier General Bright Ateke Fiboinumma, lauded the governor on his achievements, especially the development of infrastructure across the state.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has described as unfortunate, Governor Wike’s statement that the party has failed Nigerians and that the Federal Government’s fight against corruption was targeted at former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors.
Publicity Secretary of APC in the State, Chris Finebone, in a statement he issued in reaction to Governor Wike’s comment, said the governor lacks the moral ground to talk about how the Federal Government is fighting corruption, having hidden “behind a curious court judgement to escape justice in the past”.
Finebone stated that Wike should wait till the expiration of his immunity as governor, “so that he can better assess how good or bad the anti-corruption fight is being fought.”
He said: “The Rivers State governor has been challenged by the former governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to go to court with his kangaroo indictment report and prosecute him(Amaechi). But, Wike keeps shying away from doing the needful because he knows that what he contrived against former governor Amaechi cannot stand the legal test of time”.