Wednesday 25 June 2014
They can't win in Rivers- APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has
dismissed as a fluke, last Saturday’s dislodgement of the party
by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the governorship
election in Ekiti State.
“This development, which was unexpected, does not portend
anything any danger for the APC in 2015, especially in Rivers
State. The Ekiti election has come and gone and we have learnt
our lessons which will ensure better outings in other elections.
That election will go a long way to unite and strengthen us the
more to present a better APC to Nigerians for the battle to
rescue and reposition Nigeria gets hot,” Rivers APC Chairman,
Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said.
Dr. Ikanya, who was responding to enquiries on the fate of APC
in view of what happened in Ekiti, emphatically declared in a
statement he issued today in Port Harcourt: “It is erroneous to
think that what happened in Ekiti affects or will affect Rivers
State politics come 2015. The factors that led us losing Ekiti are
well known but totally different from the reality in Rivers State.
No matter the challenges or odds, Rivers remains an APC State.
I am supremely confident that the good people of Rivers State
will renew their covenant with APC with a landslide in 2015.”
The Rivers APC Chairman gave an idea of how the party would
run the 2015 elections and obliterate PDP in the state. “One
thing going for us in River State is that we have a President
Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP whose hatred for our state and
her people is legendary not minding that he is from our sister
state Bayelsa and our in-law and we gave him the highest
number of votes that made him the President. Our campaign
strategy will be centered on this hatred, which has manifested in
the hounding of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, the ceding of our
oil wells to Bayelsa and Abia states and refusal to direct Akwa
Ibom to pay us the proceeds of our oil wells she kept for many
years. Mr. President has also refused to site any meaningful
project in Rivers State, so how can we support him or any PDP
candidate in 2015?
“In any case, the feats of the Amaechi administration are
enough to give us victory in future elections. These feats, which
are well known, include making Port Harcourt the World Book
Capital City, eradication of militancy, dogged fight for the oil
wells and other rights of Rivers State and her people, as well as
award-winning achievements in Education, Agriculture, Health,
etc.”
Dr. Ikanya said that, in addition to all these, “we will ask the
good people of Rivers State to make their choice of the
characters and vision of those in PDP (insecurity, ungodly, etc)
and the vision and characters in APC (godliness, security and
concern for the future of our state). These are the issues for
Rivers State to use to decide which of the parties governs River
State come 2015.”
He concluded by advising APC faithful in the state not to panic
or fear about the future of the party, as “Rivers people have
since adopted APC as the party of their choice and there is
nothing the doomed PDP or any other party can do about that.”
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