Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said the people voted for him because of his outstanding performance and project delivery.
In a response to allegations by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, when he appeared on Channels Television’s “Sunrise Daily” yesterday, Wike said the minister failed in his quest to truncate his second term because the people are happy with his work.
He said: “It is unfortunate. I extended the Olive Branch and I meant every word of it. It was on that basis that the Attorney-General filed a nolle prosequi to withdraw the charge against Flag Amachree.
“If I did not do well in my first term, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wouldn’t have given me the party’s flag to fly. In 2015, the same man vowed that over his dead body would I emerge victorious.
“I have done well for my people; it is for the people of Rivers State to decide; it is not the the place of Amaechi to decide.
“We have over six million people and over three million registered voters. Therefore, Amaechi cannot say I cannot go for a second term; he has only one vote.
“In the past, he said an Ikwerre man cannot succeed another Ikwerre man. Today, he is saying his grouse is that I cannot go for a second term. At every step, he has one story or the other.”
Wike said contrary to Amaechi’s story, kidnapping raged during his tenure, and it was so bad that the state Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under Amaechi was kidnapped.
The governor noted that despite the national high-rate of insecurity, Rivers State is relatively peaceful, with very high ratings.
“Our Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has improved due to the peace and security in the state,” he added.
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