The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has responded to Governor Nyesom Wike’s allegation that the APC was planning to rig the March 19 rerun elections in the state.
The APC said the governor’s accusation was a “smokescreen”.
Mr. Wike, while receiving the Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Ndowa Lale, who visited him on Tuesday, accused the APC of having a list of compromised returning officers for the Senate, House of Representatives and state assembly elections in the state.
Mr. Wike is reported to have specifically mentioned the APC candidate for the Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru Federal Constituency, Dawari George, as being behind the list which he (Wike) said contained names of UNIPORT lecturers.
The APC in a statement issued on Wednesday said of Wike’s accusation, “To say the least, this is the most callous and mischievous lie of the century.
“It is important that we reveal here that this is a smokescreen by the governor to conceal his attempts to repeat what he did in 2015 which he is trying so hard to repeat without success so far and the APC is monitoring his antics closely.”
The party said its members would never be involved in any action that could compromise the forthcoming elections.
It said Mr. George, its candidate for Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru Federal Constituency, does not work in the Independent National Electoral Commission.
“The APC notes with consternation that Gov. Nyesom Wike is suddenly picking on any and every imaginable persons and institutions for bashing because of the March 19 rerun elections,” said the statement which was signed by the party Publicity Secretary in the state, Chris Finebone.
“Yesterday it was INEC, next was security agents especially the Nigerian Army. Today it is the University of Port Harcourt. Tomorrow it may be market women that will come under the hammer of the governor, who knows.
“The All Progressives Congress would like to advise Gov. Nyesom Wike to strive to overcome the things that habit his subconscious as a result of what he did in the past to gain power, and if he does, he will discover that he need not look to the stars for the solution to his problems.”
“He is the architect of his own fears.”
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