President Muhammadu Buhari during the nationwide broadcast for Nigeria’s 57th Independence Anniversary. Twitter
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he expected the mass defection that hit the All Progressives Congress (APC ) since the party has “completely failed” Nigerians.
Wike noted this over the weekend in Port Harcourt, the state capital after inspecting projects.
As stated by Wike, ”Politics is all about alignments and re-alignments. We expected these defections, knowing that the ruling party at the National level has completely failed the people.
“It is not hidden that even when they had the majority in the two chambers of the National Assembly, they never had it easy because their representatives knew the APC has nothing to offer the people.
“For me, I had expected these defections more than a year ago. More will happen across the country.“
He added that the “APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole said in one breadth that Ortom is the best that they have.
“The following day because he had defected he said fielding Ortom would have been a calamity. This double-speak is laughable.
“I think it is unfair for the APC National Chairman to begin to do the work of the security and the Judiciary.
“For him to indict the aides of Ortom for Benue killings when the APC never took that position in their party is most unfortunate.”
Wike said “Now that the Benue State Governor has defected, they are throwing up these allegations. These are the people who claim they want to fight corruption, but they are always acting illegally.
“This is the politics of vindictiveness. This is the politics of vengeance. There is an extent to which you can push people. You can intimidate people, but not all the time.
“When you push people to the wall, they tell you ‘enough is enough.‘ That is what you are seeing today in Nigeria.”
Governor Wike stated that the PDP is working to oust the APC at the polls in 2019.