Rivers State Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike has warned the Federal Government against the use of police and soldiers during the National Assembly rerun elections in the state as ordered by the Court of Appeal.
The governor, who said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is ready for the National Assembly elections, however, warned that the people will resist any attempt to use soldiers and policemen to manipulate the elections.
Wike spoke on Thursday at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, near Port Harcourt, while addressing his supporters and members of the PDP, who thronged to the airport to welcome upon his return from Abuja, after the Court of Appeal judgement that upheld the nullification of his election.
He said, “I want to warn, let nobody attempt to do what happened in Bayelsa State here. Since they said they have annulled the elections, let them come and conduct fresh elections.
“Let nobody think that they can use soldiers and policemen to intimidate us. We will resist any such attempt. We have maintained our cool for a long time. Our calmness should not be mistaken as a sign of weakness.”
Wike, who stated that Rivers people are peace loving, but they hate injustice and intimidation, advised all PDP members in the state to commence unit to unit and ward to ward campaigns for the National Assembly elections.
The governor said, “We shall return all our National Assembly members as a way to disgrace those who think they will snatch the mandate of the people.”
Describing the nullification of his election as a temporary setback, Wike stated that God’s will and the mandate of the people will prevail at the end of the day, urging the people to remain peaceful as the state remains PDP despite the contrived situation at present.
He assured the people that his lawyers have already started the process of Appeal to the Supreme Court, noting that after the Supreme Court, the PDP will work with whatever judgment emanates from the apex court
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