Rivers State Governor-elect, Chief Nyesome Ezebunwo Wike
has promised not to witch-hunt outgoing Governor Rotimi Amaechi when he
resumes office on the 29th of May 2015.
Wike, who dedicated his landslide victory in the governorship elections to the Rivers people, promised to lead an all-inclusive government.
He said: “In the governorship and House of Assembly elections, nobody lost, all of us won, and may I use this opportunity to invite our brothers and sisters in the other party, to join hands with us to make the state compete with Lagos in greatness, or even greater.”
According to Nigerian Pilot, Wike invited his opponents to join his administration to build a new Rivers State. He made the comments during the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) special victory service in Port-Harcourt the state capital.
He promised to reopen the courts shut by Amaechi to ensure speedy dispensation of justice, adding that as the governor of the state, he would respect the judiciary and the legislature for stable democracy.
He also declared that his administration would not depart from the presence of God, observed that the victory was an indication that God was with the people of the state.
He said: “We shall not discriminate against anybody or party, but will carry all along, after all competition is the beauty of democracy. We are all Rivers people and we shall work as one united family.”
Amaechi, had described the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state as a sham. But the allegation was rejected by Wike.
Meanwhile, First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has dismissed the allegation that she pressured the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to manipulate the governorship election in Rivers state.
Governor Rotimi Amaechi during a stakeholders meeting on April 9, 2015, alleged that Mrs. Jonathan was in her hometown, Okrika, to supervise electoral malpractices during the elections.
Wike, who dedicated his landslide victory in the governorship elections to the Rivers people, promised to lead an all-inclusive government.
He said: “In the governorship and House of Assembly elections, nobody lost, all of us won, and may I use this opportunity to invite our brothers and sisters in the other party, to join hands with us to make the state compete with Lagos in greatness, or even greater.”
According to Nigerian Pilot, Wike invited his opponents to join his administration to build a new Rivers State. He made the comments during the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) special victory service in Port-Harcourt the state capital.
He promised to reopen the courts shut by Amaechi to ensure speedy dispensation of justice, adding that as the governor of the state, he would respect the judiciary and the legislature for stable democracy.
He also declared that his administration would not depart from the presence of God, observed that the victory was an indication that God was with the people of the state.
He said: “We shall not discriminate against anybody or party, but will carry all along, after all competition is the beauty of democracy. We are all Rivers people and we shall work as one united family.”
Amaechi, had described the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state as a sham. But the allegation was rejected by Wike.
Meanwhile, First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has dismissed the allegation that she pressured the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to manipulate the governorship election in Rivers state.
Governor Rotimi Amaechi during a stakeholders meeting on April 9, 2015, alleged that Mrs. Jonathan was in her hometown, Okrika, to supervise electoral malpractices during the elections.
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