{"id":254553,"date":"2023-03-10T19:52:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=254553"},"modified":"2023-03-10T19:53:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:53:15","slug":"why-tonye-cole-cant-be-rivers-governor-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/10\/why-tonye-cole-cant-be-rivers-governor-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tonye Cole can\u2019t be Rivers Governor – Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has explained why the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tonye Cole, can not be the state governor.<\/p>\n

Wike said Cole is not electable because he is facing prosecution for allegedly defrauding Rivers State of $50m, adding that any attempt to elect Cole would stall his ongoing prosecution.<\/p>\n

The Governor appealed to voters to choose the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Siminialayi Fubara, for his disposition to sustain the prevailing harmony in the State.<\/p>\n

He stated these while speaking at Egbeda community during the inauguration of the Akpabu-Egbeda-Omoku Link Road in Emohua Local Government Area of the state on Friday.<\/p>\n

Wike condemned reckless instigation of needless war between the Igbo and Rivers people former Governor Chibuike Amaechi.<\/p>\n

He said Amaechi\u2019s utterances resurrected the issues of abandoned property that happened during Nigeria\u2019s civil war over 50 years ago as one of the reasons why the electorate should be wary of the APC candidate.<\/p>\n

Wike insisted that Cole and Amaechi were insensitive to the danger the animosity they were triggering and what it could cause in the state because of their \u201cinordinate and dubious quest for power\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe have been living peacefully with our brothers and sisters; Ndi Igbo, living peacefully, doing business peacefully. I felt that I should let you know that a vote for Tonye Cole is a vote for division of Rivers State.<\/p>\n

\u201cA vote for Tonye Cole<\/a> is a vote in order not for him to return our $50million and God will not allow us to vote for such people. We are prosecuting them. They want to run away from prosecution, they cannot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike blasted Amaechi for lying to Igbo residing in the State that if they elect Cole, he would ensure compensation for their purported abandoned property during the civil war.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhen you have a child (Chibuike Amaechi) who wants to destroy a home, to open up old wounds at this time in Nigeria, in Rivers State is a terrible thing. He is trying to put us and the Igbos at loggerheads for us to fight, God will not allow us to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike said despite what Amaechi<\/a> did, Igbo and Rivers people would continue to live together as people, who had largely intermarried among themselves.<\/p>\n

The Governor said Amaechi wanted to foist Cole, who could not speak his indigenous language as Governor of the State.<\/p>\n

The governor wondered the nature of double faced political life that Amaechi depicted recalling that when he contested for presidential ticket of his party, he claimed a different tribe and when he failed, instead of supporting Peter Obi or another southern candidate, he voted for a northern candidate.<\/p>\n

Wike also mocked Dele Momodu for his inability to deliver his presidential, senate and House of Representatives candidates in the February 25th elections.<\/p>\n

The Governor stressed that he produced three PDP senators, nine House of Representatives so far and was certain of winning the House of Assembly and governorship elections for the PDP.<\/p>\n

He wondered why Dele Momodu and his cohorts had ceased appearing on Arise TV after the 25th February presidential and National Assembly elections because it was obvious to them that politics was not done on television.<\/p>\n

Wike clarified that he never mentioned anybody\u2019s name when he described some members of the PDP as buccaneers and vampires responsible for the party\u2019s lost in recent election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has explained why the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tonye Cole, can not be the state governor. Wike said Cole is not electable because he is facing prosecution for allegedly defrauding Rivers State of $50m, adding that any attempt to elect Cole would stall his ongoing prosecution. 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