The Niger Delta Renaissance organisation NDRO has urged the
outgoing governor of Rivers state Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to emulate the example
set by President Goodluck Jonathan in conceding defeat to his opponents. The
group in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator Comrade Nwokoma Messiah
as well as its National Director of Publicity Benjamin Etuk said the Rivers
state governor was setting a bad precedence for our reemerging democracy by
questioning the credibility of an election in which he voted without any form
of molestation.
The group described the Governorship and State House of
Assembly elections held in the state as peaceful. It commended the Independent
National Electoral Commission INEC and security agencies in the state for its
determination in ensuring that it was not coerced into doing what would have
been injurious to the collective interest of Rivers people. It commended the
victory of Chief Barrister Nyesom Wike and other PDP aspirants in all the
elections saying that such feat has shown the strength of the party in the
state.
The group allayed the fears of the people that the state will
not gain in the opposition citing Lagos state which has been in the opposition
yet achieved some form of development bovver the years.
The Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation said the votes cast
in favour of the PDP was a true reflection of what all Rivers people had
wanted. The group said the result showed that the governor cannot continue to deceive Rivers people.
The group said in as much as it accepted the defeat of
President Goodluck Jonathan, the people of Rivers state would not have in any
way voted for the party of a governor who truncated the wishes of the people of
the entire Niger Delta region in seeing that their father and brother was
reelected for a second term in office.
The NDRO advised the
governor to show political maturity by accepting the results of the elections
and think of a way he will pack his bags to Abuja stressing that “ Governor
Rotimi Ammaechi should go to Abuja and reside because there is no way Rivers
people can accept him in the state. He is a betrayer and that is what posterity
will see him for”
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