‘You Said You Don’t Need To Campaign, Rivers Won’t Vote For You’ – Wike Tells Amaechi

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has predicted that voters in Rivers State will reject the African Democratic Congress (ADC) within the 2027 common elections over remarks attributed to the get together’s vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi.

Wike made the prediction on Saturday at President Bola Tinubu’s presidential marketing campaign rally in Port Harcourt, the place he reaffirmed Rivers State’s help for the president’s re-election bid.

The minister alleged that Amaechi had boasted that he was standard sufficient to not marketing campaign in Rivers State, difficult the previous governor to check his reputation on the polls.

Wike warned that Amaechi mustn’t later blame electoral malpractice for any poor efficiency, insisting that the previous governor’s alleged choice to not marketing campaign would have an effect on his electoral probabilities.

“Let it be on record that the vice-presidential candidate of ADC has told the world that he does not need to campaign in Rivers State. Let it not be tomorrow, he will say that he campaigned and the election was rigged. He did not campaign, and nobody is going to vote for him,” Wike mentioned.

The FCT minister additionally recalled Amaechi’s earlier feedback on political brotherhood, through which the previous Rivers governor reportedly described a brother as somebody who identifies with others throughout troublesome instances.

Wike argued that Tinubu had demonstrated such solidarity with Rivers State by way of federal initiatives and political appointments, describing the president as a political brother of the state.

He additionally challenged Amaechi to account for initiatives undertaken throughout his tenure as Rivers governor, notably the proposed Karibi Whyte Specialist Hospital, for which he alleged that $39 million was spent.

Wike questioned the venture’s implementation and challenged the previous governor to clarify what occurred to the funds.

He additional criticised Amaechi’s declare that Rivers State was fumigated throughout his administration, questioning whether or not the train had succeeded in eliminating mosquitoes.

The minister additionally recalled Amaechi’s function as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign in the course of the 2015 and 2019 elections, alleging that the get together did not safe as much as 15 per cent of the votes in Rivers State throughout each contests.

Wike’s remarks come amid political realignments and mobilisation forward of the 2027 common elections, with political events looking for to consolidate help throughout the nation.