Cease Embarrassing Rivers Individuals, Peterside Tells Wike

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dakuku Peterside, has slammed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his latest antics.

In a press release launched on Thursday, Peterside cautioned Wike to cease embarrassing Rivers folks, whom he described as politically subtle and acutely aware.

The APC chieftain added that Rivers folks know their actual leaders who’ve their curiosity at coronary heart, and never these making the most of the financial scenario to embarrass them.

Peterside said this whereas talking at a rally in Opobo, headquarters of Opobo/Nkoro Native Authorities Space, Naija Information experiences.

The previous Director Basic of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Security Company (NIMASA) mentioned Wike can’t affect how the folks of the state would vote throughout the 2023 elections.

The APC chieftain asserted that the folks of Rivers now see past Wike’s antics, saying that the previous seven years is likely one of the worst eras in Rivers due to “management pushed by egocentric curiosity and unbridled ego”.

He mentioned: “Rivers folks know who their true leaders are; not those that presently make the most of the tough financial scenario to hoodwink and switch them into articles of political and monetary merchandise.

“There is no such thing as a doubt that the final seven stay the worst in Rivers’ historical past. The unusual Rivers man and girl had been ignored of governance whereas these in authority enriched themselves, appropriated the folks’s commonwealth and shamelessly brandished even that which they stole, earlier than the folks. Rivers folks by no means had it this dangerous.”

Peterside famous that the Opobo and Nkoro ethnic teams had been probably the most politically enlightened shares in Rivers. He argued that as such, they may not be deceived or blackmailed with any Greek present.

He added: “Opobo/Nkoro persons are probably the most politically enlightened shares in Rivers State and nobody can deceive us with a Greek present. Governor Wike had the chance of creating Opobo-Nkoro previously 7 years however didn’t do it. He most popular to worry away our assets junketing overseas looking for private relevance that won’t add worth to Rivers state and her folks.

“We are going to remind our folks how a lot Wike and his cohorts failed them and why we can’t proceed in that trajectory. Nigerians are unanimous that the subsequent election will probably be about character, competence and repair supply. It won’t be about ethnicity. Opobo- Nkoro folks know {that a} competent governor with a personality they might be pleased with can be superior to brandishing ethnic sentiment.”