RIVERS State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has declared that
only the Peoples Democratic Party can pull the country out of the quagmire that
the All Progressives Congress has plunged it.Wike, who also expressed his
support for the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee,
explained that it would lead the country to greater heights.
The governor spoke after the premiere of the Stage
Adaptation of Elechi Amadi’s ‘Concubine’ by Imo Edward on Tuesday night in Port
Harcourt.
He maintained that no level of intimidation would make the
people of Rivers State withdraw their support for the Makarfi-led National
Caretaker Committee of the PDP.
“The
PDP is the only political party that can bring Nigeria out of its quagmire.
Nobody can intimidate us. No amount of machine guns can change us. When we take
a position, we stand by it.“I am supporting Makarfi-led PDP National Caretaker
Committee totally because they mean well for the party,” the governor stressed.
Speaking
on the Stage Adaptation of Elechi Amadi’s ‘Concubine’, Wike lauded the cast and
crew for their “beautiful” performance.
The Stage Adaptation of Elechi Amadi’s
‘Concubine’ by Imo Edward witnessed the star performance of major Nollywood
artistes, including Francis Duru, Segun Arinze, Onyeka Onwenu, Ebere Okaro and
others.
Reacting, the State Deputy Chairman of the
APC, Chief Peter Odike, disagreed with Wike, insisting that the PDP was
responsible for the country’s current economic woes. Odike said, “It is the PDP
that caused the present economic problem in the country through embezzlement of
public funds. All these monies being brought in from houses in Lagos are owned
by the PDP.
“Those who are facing trial for that; are
they not members of PDP? The diversion of money meant for arms; who did it? Our
brother, who was the President then, was a member of the PDP and under his
watch, all these happened in this country. It is even the APC that is trying to
revive the country.
“Right now, we (APC) have been able to fight
insurgency to almost an end and we are getting out of recession. We were having
fake economic boom under the PDP. Then they were importing rice and paying the
subsidy, selling it low so that people would say Nigeria’s economy was booming.
These are all fake.”
Copyright: Punch
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