Former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dakuku Peterside, has described Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration as the worst in the history of Rivers State.
He also said that one person, including Wike, cannot influence how Rivers’ electorate would vote in the coming 2023 elections.
Peterside spoke during a rally in Opobo, headquarters of Opobo/ Nkoro Local Government Area.
At the event put together by Reevas Progressive Front, a Non-Governmental Organisation, over five hundred PDP members defected to APC in the LGA.
He said, “Rivers people know who their true leaders are; not those who presently take advantage of the harsh economic situation to hoodwink and turn them into articles of political and financial merchandise.
“There is no doubt that the last seven remain the worst in Rivers’ history. The ordinary Rivers man and woman were left out of governance while those in authority enriched themselves, appropriated the people’s commonwealth and shamelessly brandished even that which they stole, before the people. Rivers people never had it this bad.”
Speaking further Peterside said, “Opobo/Nkoro people are one of the most politically enlightened stocks in Rivers State and no one can deceive us with a Greek gift. Gov. Wike had the opportunity to develop Opobo-Nkoro in the past seven years but did not do it. He preferred to fret away our resources junketing abroad searching for personal relevance that will not add value to Rivers state and her people.”
He said that at the right time,“we will remind our people how much Wike and his cohorts failed them and why we cannot continue in that trajectory.”
Peterside, a former House of Reps member, speaking on the 2023 elections said, “Nigerians are unanimous that the next election will be about character, competence and service delivery. It will not be about ethnicity. Opobo/Nkoro people know that a competent governor with character they would be proud of, is superior to brandishing ethnic sentiment.
He called on the people of the state tto keep hope alive and applauded the NGO and others who organised the rally.