Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, has chastised Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, over his statement alleging that he failed to execute contracts awarded to him.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls Wike accusing Secondus of failing to complete contracts awarded to him during the commissioning of the Eneka-Igbo Etche Road project on Friday.
According to Wike, in some cases, the contract sum was fully paid, but the projects were not completed. He challenged the former party chairman to name a single road contract that he completed.
However, Secondus insisted in a brief interview with Sunday Punch that the claim is false. He stated that he has never worked as a contractor or received any state contracts.
He said;
It is wrong of him to make such weighty allegations without any evidence. Let him do his investigation and go to the Corporate Affairs Commission to get the details of the companies he has given contracts to or those that the state gave contracts. I am not one of them.
With his status, it is wrong for him to buy airtime from television stations and be dishing out outright lies and half-truths. Is he the owner of Julius Berger, which has done so well in the state by executing contracts running into hundreds of billions of naira?
Seconds said he was more focused on helping the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar attain the presidency in the February 25 presidential election.
As for me, I am not a violent man and I remain committed to the victory of our presidential candidate and his running mate, Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa in the forthcoming presidential election. I call on Governor Wike to join hands with progressive-minded people in Nigeria to be part of a positive history. I am sure he loves the PDP and won’t do anything to jeopardise its victory at any level. I wish the governor a happy and prosperous new year, he added.
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