Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that if there is a proper Commander-in-Chief, bandits and insurgent groups would not be allowed to drag the country down to the level of unrestrained killings of innocent Nigerians.
\nWike described a country going down to mean a place where hunger is not addressed, insecurity is allowed to fester, and marauding bandits kill Nigerians without restriction.
\nThe Rivers State governor decried the Nigerian situation when he met with delegates and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, last Monday, to solicit votes as he seeks to become the presidential flag-bearer of the party.
\n\u201cA proper Commander-in-Chief will never allow this country to go down like this. What is President Muhammadu Buhari doing with the service chiefs? Their business is to protect Nigeria and Nigerians.
\n\u201cLook at our country, every day, the only project we get is people have died. The only project Nigeria continues to get is killings. Yesterday (Sunday), 55 people were killed in Zamfara\u201d.
\nThe presidential aspirant maintained that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government has failed in its primary responsibility to protect lives and property, hence, has no business being in governance.
\n\u201cFirst in the oath of office is the protection of lives and property. Any government that cannot protect lives and property, then, you have no business being in governance. APC has no business to being in governance!\u201d
\nWike emphasised that what was happening in Nigeria was affecting everybody, including Moslems, Christians, Northerners and Southerners alike.
\nThe Rivers State governor said never had Nigerians been so divided as seen under President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
\nWike described his quest to rescue Nigeria and ensure safety of lives and property under a proper Commander-in-Chief, as a mission to write the wrongs and give Nigerians back their country.
\n\u201cNobody can say what will happen in the next two minutes. As you\u2019re going home now, you don\u2019t know what will happen. Nigeria has come to that stage.
\n\u201cLook at the hunger. Look at the poverty. This country requires a leader now that can confront the issues of insecurity.
\n\u201cThis country requires a leader that is very courageous. This country requires a leader that is fearless, and I am that leader.\u201d
\nWike reiterated his resolve to form a government of national unity, if he secures the presidential ticket of the PDP; contests the 2023 presidential election, and wins resoundingly.
\nSpeaking further, Wike urged the delegates to consider him as the most competent, courageous and fearless leader to vote for during the party\u2019s primary on May 28 and 29, 2022.
\nWike enjoined the PDP family in Ekiti State to continue to work in unity, and assured them of his and Oyo State governor\u2019s support at the next gubernatorial election in that state.
\nAlso speaking, the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Oluseyi Makinde, said the South-West geopolitical zone would vote as a bloc during this month\u2019s PDP presidential primary.
\n\u201cThe South-West zone, we will go in one direction. South-West zone will determine who is going to get the ticket of PDP. So, the delegates will have the heavy load of Abuja, and by the grace of God, we will deliver.\u201d
\nMakinde said the era when the South-West was regarded as untrustworthy was over.
\nHe stressed that the zone would play a central role during the presidential primary, and would also get a central benefit when Wike wins the 2023 presidential election.
\nSimilarly, former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, noted that the South-West has suffered gross negligence under the APC administration.
\n\u201cWe are going to go to this convention united. Nobody in the South-West, particularly in Ekiti will start going to one aspirant in the night.\u201d
\nIn his remarks, former Gombe State Governor, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo, said having worked with four Nigerian presidents, he was convinced that Wike was the only aspirant with the resolve to tackle the challenge of insecurity and other issues besetting the Nigerian state.
\n\u201cHe is a man that is a complete party man, a man that has worked for this party. He stood for this party when we had problem and never ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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