Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has described as empty threat by some politicians to deal with him when they eventually win the 2023 presidential election.
Governor Wike explained that his political crime, to such people, seemed to be his insistence on equity, fairness and justice to be practised within the party, which they considered as too tough a demand to satisfy.
The Rivers State governor spoke at Community Secondary School 1 in Mogho Town, venue of the campaign flag-off rally by the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Gokana local government area.
Governor Wike described such threats as laughable, because, according to him, those threatening him would never win at the poll, and would not have such opportunity at all to carry out their sinister scheme.
“Most of you have watched on YouTube where they said they will deal with me when they win. You can’t win. You’ve not won, you are threatening to deal with some people. Will God allow you?”
Wike insisted that he was a strong proponent of the principal of equity, fairness and justice because it is about the best way to foster inclusivity in PDP.
He pointed to the evil of denying other equal stakeholders due rights that would give them a sense of belonging, wherein the unity of purpose mattered within the party.
“All of them planning and saying they will deal with us, they’ve not been born. I dare them, let them try it.”
Governor Wike told Gokana people to be proud of their nativity and being citizens of Rivers State.
According to him, no person can ever intimidate the state because it would never play second fiddle in Nigeria.
The governor also advised Gokana people to go get their Permanent Voters Card, PVC, that would be used to punish haters of Rivers State.
He said the 2023 election would be about the use of the PVCs, which he described as the people’s power.
He said it would not be like what was experienced in 2019 where officers of the Nigerian Army and police were allegedly used to intimidate voters.
