Just few days to the general elections billed for February, the Rivers state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has boasted about his confidence that the APC presidential candidate, Rtd. Gen. Muhammad Buhari will win.
Punch reports that Governor Rotimi Amaechi expressed his confidence making it known that that Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will defeat will defeat President Goodluck Jonathan hands down.
Speaking yesterday at the All Progressives Congress rally at Abua Central in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers state, Amaechi also said that the APC in Rivers State would win in the governorship, state and National Assembly elections.
Describing Rivers as a satellite Nigeria, Amaechi added that the people of the state had always dictated the voting pattern of other Nigerians and this trend has not stopped.
Represented at the event by his deputy, Mr. Tele Ikuru, the governor took the crowd back memory lane how Rivers had been following the voting pattern of other parts of the country since 1962 to date, adding that 2015 would not be different.
“Rivers State is a satellite Nigeria. Whatever happens in Rivers State is what will happen in Nigeria. In 1962, Rivers State voted for the NPC (Northern Peoples Congress), and the NPC won in the state and at the national level. “In the second republic, we voted for the NPN (National Party of Nigeria) and NPN won the election in Rivers State and the national level. In 1999, Rivers State voted for the PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) and PDP won in the state and the national level. “In 2015, Rivers State will vote for the APC and APC will rule the state and at the national level. Any direction the state votes are the direction Nigeria will vote.”
Adding to what has been said, the APC governorship candidate in Rivers, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, alleged that the PDP was plotting to rig the general elections in the state. He however called on the people of the state not to allow themselves to be tricked into anyone buying their votes.
Peterside also pledged to run a transparent government and improve infrastructural development in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area and the state as a whole if he is elected as the governor.
Reacting to the allegation that the state PDP was planning to rig the general elections in Rivers, the State Assistant Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, described Peterside’s allegation as false.
“If Dakuku Peterside could make such a false allegation, it is a sign that he has lost the election and it is a welcome development. The truth is that the PDP is not planning to rig any election because we do not need to do that to win the 2015 election,” he said.
It would be recalled that just few days ago, the All Progressives Congress’s presidential candidate, Rtd. Gen. Muhammad Buhari showcased some of the Nigerians he is taking to Aso Rock with him if he wins the 2015 election.
