The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike contributed to the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Rivers State.
There is a report that the crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the APC has deepened as the state coordinator of Tinubu/Shettima Grassroot Independent Campaign Council (GICC) in Rivers State, Augustine Wokocha said that Governor Wike did not play any role in the emergence of Tinubu electoral victory in the February 25 presidential election in the state.
While reacting to a statement credited to the South-South coordinator of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Vanguard, BAT , Chief Tony Okocha, that Governor Wike was instrumental to Tinubu’s victory in the state on Friday, Wokocha noted that the Rivers people willingly voted for Tinubu in the presidential. election.
According to the former Commissioner for Power in the state, it is wrong to attribute the victory of Tinubu to Rivers State Governor, stressing that all the stakeholders of Tinubu PCC contributed towards the victory in the state.
Wokocha said, “It’s important however to state that the credit for the victory of Bola Tinubu and the APC in Rivers State belongs to all Rivers people who trooped out to vote for the candidate of our party and the dynamic campaign structure that carried the massage for renewed hope to all the nooks and crannies of Rivers State and not a single individual.
“It is important to state that every opinion expressed by Chief Okocha is his personal opinion as he neither spoke for the PCC nor for the TSG/ICC”
He added, “It is important to state that at no time did the PCC/ICC meet to authorise Okocha to express the opinion and sentiments so expressed. The PCC/ICC Nigeria headquarters in Abuja and the President-elect have not authorised any statements such as those expressed by Chief Okocha.
“We state that the victory of our President-elect was a natural cause of event given his phenomenal pedigree as an astute politician par excellence, administrator with an unmatchable track record of achievements, foresight and bold visions.
The APC chieftain further stated, “Thanks to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) technology deployed by the Independent National electoral commission (INEC). Every Nigerian who was handed a ballot paper in the electioneering process had only one vote and our gratitude goes to everyone who placed their finger in the ballot spaces reserved for APC culminating in the victory of the party in the election.”
He therefore called on Rivers residents who are eligible to vote to turn out en-masse and vote for the candidate of their choice in the 11th, March, 2023 governorship election.
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