The Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has proclaimed that no politician in the state can win the approaching 2027 elections by boosting and sugar-coating the public with lies and foolish promises.
Reacting to a comment attributed to Nyesom Wike made during a civic reception hosted in his honor by the City Boy Movement in Omagwa on Saturday that Rotimi Amaechi, the ADC’s vice presidential candidate, will be defeated before 12 noon on election day, the party stated that the boast does not win elections.
Dr. Chukwudi Dimkpa, the state chairman of the ADC, stated in a statement released on Monday in Port Harcourt that Wike’s brag that he would defeat Amaechi by 12 noon on election day is even more telling.
“Elections are not won by brags, intimidation, or political strongmen revealing outcomes in advance. Rivers residents will vote, the ballots will be counted, and INEC, not Wike, will pronounce the winner,” he stated.
Dimkpa described Wike’s conduct at Omagwa on Saturday as a political rascality taken too far. “On a day when Rotimi Amaechi was burying his mother and people from across Nigeria were travelling to Ubima to commiserate with the family, Wike and the Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area (Charles Wobodo) chose that same route and occasion for a political reception, obstructing part of the road, creating unnecessary traffic, and then turning the event into a platform for attacking and taunting a man who was mourning his mother. It was insensitive, provocative, and embarrassing,” he said.
The ADC chairman stated that there is always a time for politics and there is a time for humanity, saying that “if Wike could not suspend his political obsession with Amaechi even for the few hours in which the man was laying his mother to rest, then the Rivers people should ask themselves who really is consumed by this rivalry.
“We refused to dignify the provocation with a response that day (Saturday) because our attention was on giving Mama (Dame Ezinne Amaechi) a befitting burial. But Wike should understand that Rivers State belongs to all of us. Nobody owns the people, nobody owns their votes, and certainly, nobody can declare an election result by 12 noon.”
Dimkpa, on the other hand, urged the Rivers people not to be intimidated by anyone and to be prepared to make the correct decision in 2027 by electing a credible leader who will improve their life.
Wike assured supporters at the reception that the Rainbow Coalition’s candidates would win the elections. Wike assured supporters at the reception that the Rainbow Coalition’s candidates would win the elections.
