Mohammed O. Taoheed reports,
Nyesom Wike, the current Rivers State Governor, has stated that there is no opposition party in the South-South state.
Wike made the mockery on yesterday at the flag-off of the 11th flyover project at the Rumuola- Ikwerre Road-Rumuokwuta Roundabout in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
Track News Nigeria reports that the commissioning of the flyover was done by former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke.
Wike claimed that all the political parties in the state have collapsed into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their leaders are joining the party in droves.
The Governor equally said that the politicians are joining the PDP because they are glad with the ongoing infrastructural development by his administration.
He noted that the ongoing collapse of the membership strength of other political parties in the state is definitely an electoral advantage for the PDP.
His words “We have collapsed every other party. Every day people from All Progressives Congress (APC) are joining our party. We are here doing that and some people are in Abuja; ask them how many persons have they brought to the party.
“It’s not to say I’m supporting our candidate. How many people have you brought to help your candidate. We are here everyday bringing people to join our party and you are there following your candidate from Abuja to Adamawa. Is it there you’ll win the votes? Come back home.”
Wike maintained that Rivers state is too strategic politically to be ignored by any serious-minded politician who wants to win an election.
According to him: “This Local Government alone, Obio Akpor, where I come from, we registered not less than 600 thousand voters. This local government beats two States in their electoral strength.
“So, we are not a state that you can take for granted, not to talk about the Local Government where I come from.
“I believe that they must know us here because we have what it takes to deliver. They must come and know us. I’m not going to find anybody. You must come here. You can’t take 600 and something thousand votes away from my local government. You can’t take 3.2million votes from my State just like that.”
