The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has attributed the victory of APC\u2019s candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Rivers State to the intervention of Governor Nyesom Wike.
\nMembers of the APC PCC who made this known in Port Harcourt, yesterday, also said they would support Wike\u2019s preferred candidate, Siminialayi Fubara, as a way of reciprocating the governor\u2019s support during the presidential polls.
\nThe PCC noted that Governor Wike was instrumental to the success of the APC at the presidential polls, adding that without the efforts of the governor, the APC presidential candidate would not have secured up to the 25% vote which is the constitutional requirement expected from the state.
\nThe Chairman of the Local Organising Committee of the APC for the campaign in the state and a member of the party\u2019s PCC and Independent Campaign Council, ICC, in the state, Tony Okocha, commended the governor for the support that gave the party victory in the state.
\nOkocha noted that months before the APC presidential primaries, the team inaugurated structures across the state and canvassed for support for Asiwaju Tinubu despite opposition from the leader of the APC in Rivers State.
\nHe claimed that following the bid they were denied access to party revalidation, adding that they were unlawfully excluded from the electioneering processes with impunity without recourse to the spirit and letters of the electoral act.
\nThe APC chieftain alleged that members of the PCC had intended to sabotage the election if not for their dedication.
\nOkocha noted that in 2015 and 2019, APC could not win any election in the state and could not also get 25% of votes for their presidential candidate.
\nHe said: \u201cWe note seriously and unashamedly that in 2015 we held the rims of governance in Rivers State as members of the APC.
\n\u201cWe pulled together all efforts individually and collectively, yet we couldn\u2019t secure 25% of the total votes cast for the presidential candidate of our party during the presidential election.
\n\u201cIt was worse in 2019 when we all still working together with a Super Minister, security apparatchik and malleable election personnel, we couldn\u2019t produce the required 25% for our presidential candidate.
\n\u201cBut in 2023, against all expectations, APC Rivers won and secured over 40% of the total votes cast for the presidential candidate of our party.\u201d
\n\u201cOf tremendous note, is to put on records, the role of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, a leading member of the G5 Governors (Integrity Group) who not only threw his heavy weight in political maestro and \u201cmannerism \u201c in support of the APC candidate, but encouraged Rivers people to vote the man who will protect the Rivers interest for the President of Nigeria.
\n\u201cThis to say the least, was the game changer. Thank You, Governor Wike. The political bulldozer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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