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| Chief Nyesom Wike |
GOVERNOR of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike on Sunday stated
that he would have chosen not to re-contest the re-run election in the State if
the Supreme Court had ruled otherwise for the sake of bloodbaths that were
likely to be lost in the battle.
The governor stated this during his thanksgiving service at
St; Peter’s Anglican Church in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in the State
adding that the number of lives that could be lost in the election which had
generated so much tempo in the state was sufficient for him to sacrifice the
mandate to save those bloods.
Wike solemnly expressed his gratitude that the
mandate the people stood determinedly for was retained with them adding that
the judgment has indeed proven that the judiciary is the last hope of the
common man.
However, he added that he was confident that the victory would be
given to him noting that few those to the judgment, men of God he holds in very
high esteem prophesied that the judgment would be to his favour.
“Nothing is impossible with God. Men of God prophesied a few
days to the Supreme Court ruling that the judgment will confirm the mandate
given to him by the Rivers people.
“We won the election clearly as has been confirmed by the
Supreme Court. If there was a rerun, I wouldn’t have contested because there
would have been bloodbath,” Wike said.
On the state’s
affairs, the governor alleged that the former governor of the State, Mr. Rotimi
Amaechi spent $150m on All Progressive Congress election between December 1 and 18 2014 and declared that all stolen money
from the state’s treasury would be recovered.
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