Governor of Riv­ers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians with its poor leadership style.

Wike further remarked that APC as a failed party is obvious to most Nigeri­ans and asserted that Rivers State has become one of the few functioning states in the country.

The governor spoke at the Peoples Democrat­ic Party (PDP) campaign for Etche/ Omuma Federal Constituency at Afara on Thursday.

He stated that “despite the illegal collaboration between the APC and the Police, the people of Rivers would not allow the rigging of the last re-run elections for Etche/ Omuma Feder­al Constituency tomorrow”.

Wike explained that while the PDP is campaigning for victory based on its perfor­mance, the APC leaders are in Abuja plotting rigging meth­ods with the Independent Na­tional Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police.

The governor said: “APC has failed Nigeria. Nigeria has collapsed. The only state that is working in Nigeria is Riv­ers State. That is why the APC cannot campaign here.

“We will not allow a sit­uation where we will do the campaign and the APC will li­aise with the Police and INEC to rig the election. The votes of our people must count.

“Allow democracy to thrive in Nigeria. You can­not continue to deceive the people. We shall not allow the police and other securi­ty agencies to hijack elector­al materials on Saturday,” he emphasised.

Wike maintained that the PDP is popular with the Etche people because of the numer­ous projects executed in the area by his administration, among other things.

“I live by my promises. In Etche Local Government Area, it is either I have ful­filled my promises or I am ful­filling them. I have complet­ed the Igwuruta-Chokocho Road, while the Chokocho-Umuechem-Ozuzu Road, Afara-Nihi-Ulakwo and Chokocho-Igbo Etche Roads are on-going. The Etche peo­ple will continue to enjoy pro­jects from my administration, “he stressed.

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District, Senator George Sekibo, urged the people of Etche to join the Wike revolution by ensuring PDP wins the Etche/Omu­maFederal Constituency to­morrow.

The former Acting Na­tional Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, re­minded them that the PDP re­mains the best option for the people of constituency.

The highpoint of the rally was the presentation of Chief Jerome Eke as the PDP can­didate for the Federal Con­stituency and Mr. Tony Eji­ogu as the PDP candidate for the Etche State Constituency.

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