Commends APC led by Emeka Beke for participating in the elections
By Olawale Lamina
The Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has condemned alleged plots by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and loyalists to use his influence in the Tinubu government to frustrate the planned Rivers local government election scheduled for Saturday, October 5, 2024.
In a statement made available to the media, Eze alleged that Wike and others had lined up a litany of schemes, including using the Police and other security agencies to barricade the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Office in Aba Road, Port Harcourt, to stop the election from holding as planned.
Eze who claimed that such schemes failed like a pack of cards, said that Police disappointed the FCT minister and his group of political merchants by opting to work with RSIEC for a hitch-free council polls on Sunday, in line with the verdict of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt.
Recall that Justice I. P. C. Igwe had, in his judgement in Suit No: PHC/2696/CS/2024, filed by Action Peoples Party (APP) as Plaintiff/Applicant against Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Rivers State Government, and Governor of Rivers State as 1st to 3rd Respondents, ordered that RSIEC should proceed with the LGA election as planned.
“The ruling dealt a big blow on the efforts of the FCT Minister to scuttle the process. Wike had planned to use the controversy of the LGA poll to display to President Tinubu that he controls Rivers State, but events seem to have proved him wrong as Gov. Fubara appears to be tightening his grip of the oil rich state since he fell out with his predecessor,” he said, while ommending INEC for providing RSIEC the 2023 Voter Register and other materials needed for the conduct of the election.
The APC chieftain urged Security Agencies to be professional in their conduct and ensure adequate security during and after the elections.
Eze described the actions of Wike and the factional PDP leadership in Rivers State not to participate in the election “as a sign of cowardice and fear of defeat proven the irrelevance of Wike in the politics of Rivers State where his rigging machine have been grounded.”
But he commended the APC led by Chief Emeka Beke for participating in the election which according to him had “proven to the entire world that Tony Okocha is nothing but an Imposter.”
He seized the opportunity to appeal to Rivers people to unite and totally recover the political structure and governance of their state from “the hand of a draconian, stone-age slave master whose eight -year reign left a legacy of humongous multi-sectorial retrogression.”
The APC Chieftain, member of APC Legacy Projects Media Team and former National Publicity Secretary, nPDP wished Rivers people a hitch-free election and urged voters to conduct themselves peacefully and abide by poll guidelines and other lawful directives from election officials. He thanked RSIEC for providing a level playing ground for all participating political parties,
stressing that such positive attitude promotes democracy.
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