PORT HARCOURT (Sundiata Post) – The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has
reacted to what it described as the “wild and unconscionable” assertions of Governor Nyesom Wike at Okehi on Thursday, adding that it must be
the classical case of “an evil workman quarrelling with his tools, his neighbours and passers-by.”
“Let it be on record that neither Chief [Dr] Davies Ibiamu Ikanya JP nor the Rivers State South-East Senatorial Candidate of the APC, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, separately or as a group, met with the
Chairman of INEC or any INEC personnel at the Commission’s headquarters or anywhere else as contrived by Governor Wike. If the governor claims to have any information suggesting that any such
meeting took place, he should feel free to make the details public for the benefit of all”, the APC spokesman, Senibo Chris Finebone said in a statement issued on Thursday.
Continuing, the party said, “The APC in Rivers State is indeed ready to participate in the forthcoming rerun election as scheduled by INEC.
The PDP should not bother themselves as to the modus of campaign of the APC. We are at liberty to reach the electorate the best way we can. If our style is devoid of the typical razzmatazz, so be it.”
Noting that the APC would not serve as an advocate or mouthpiece for federal institutions and personalities, the party posited that, “it is important for us to state that this callous and mindless
mudslinging by Governor Wike on INEC and security agencies is true-to-type especially when he wants to stir the water muddy in order to create a
smokescreen to perpetrate his evil machinations. The potpourri of blackmail, threats and empty bravado are all part of his curious style
of politics.”
The APC said establishments like the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), its chairman and those in charge of the nation’s security services are eminently placed and able to respond to the r blackmail by Wike.