By Victor Nwegede, Abakaliki
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
Ebonyi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has nicknamed the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike a ‘primitive and power-drunk,’ following his recent outburst' on the sack of Governor David Umahi and his Deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, by the Federal High Court, Abuja, recently.
The Party in a statement signed by its State Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, noted that Wike’s comment “speaks to the malaise in Nigeria’s judiciary, and further lends credible credence to the insinuations that our judicial system is indeed being manipulated by some powerful forces against the ordinary Nigerians.”
The Party maintained that Wike’s comment was reckless, saying the Rivers State Governor has no comparison with Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State.
“Nigerians are very much aware that there is no comparison between the widely rated performing Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Chief David Umahi, and the power-drunk Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in any area, as Governor Umahi surpasses the sleeping Governor of Rivers state in all indexes of performance both in private life and in Public service,” the party said.
It could be recalled that Wike while inaugurating the Eastern Bypass road project on Saturday asked Governor Umahi to return the PDP’s mandate, having been sacked by a court of competent jurisdiction.
He also criticized Umahi for attacking the judge who delivered the judgement, even as he vowed that the PDP will pursue the matter up to the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
But the APC, said, “it is a measure of the rot in our Democracy that a governor of a state will have no qualms in publicly reprimanding and threatening to deal with a fellow governor over an issue that is before a court of competent jurisdiction.
“Nigerians are however invited to note that the current travails of Governor David Umahi have nothing whatsoever to do with offending any law, but a clear case of political enemies persecuting a performing Governor because of his rising political profile as indicated by the utterances of Governor Wike.
“Wike should know that it is God that lifts and not mortals like him. So, no amount of his evil plots will be portent enough as to be able to dislodge nor remove a serving Governor who was single-handedly installed by God Himself for a unique purpose for His people.
“Wike and his co-travellers should go to hell and burn to ashes if they cannot accept the verdict of God which has positioned Governor Umahi as the most qualified and preferred aspirant to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, and stop behaving like sadists who are hell-bent on equalizing misery,” the statement said in part.
The Party also disclosed that “Governor David Umahi has since appealed the judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja while hoping that the appellate courts will upturn the ruling of the lower court because it does not align with any of the already established legal precedents on the issue of defection in the country.”
The statement further added that “the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, the good people of Ebonyi State and indeed all lovers of Democracy will continue to support and pray for Governor Umahi not only for the restoration of his mandate but also for his victory as the president of Nigeria in 2023, because the wickedness of men can never overshadow the grace and mercy of God almighty.
“If not that Governor Umahi has warned us against attacking any leader or Governor on his behalf, I would have properly situated the despicable character in Rivers State Government House who now masquerades as a Governor. However Governor Wike is once again advised to focus his attention on solving the numerous developmental challenges facing his Rivers State, and stop dissipating energy sounding like the godfather of the Nigeria body-polity."
