The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside had declared that APC would end the reign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State.
Peterside, who spoke to journalists at the APC thanksgiving service held at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Igwuruta, Port Harcourt, on Saturday said the party was on the right path to ending what he described as “the sad breast-pocket governance style of the PDP in the state since 2015.”
He said the APC, with the declaration of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to join the presidential race “looks unstoppable in its goal of winning the presidential, governorship and all other elective positions in the state in 2023.”
According to the former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), “You all have seen the mammoth crowd here which points to a new height in APC’s renewed movement towards ending the breast-pocket governance Rivers people found themselves in since 2015. Our people have suffered enough in the hands of Wike and PDP but APC is set to end all of that and reset the state to achieving her full potential.
“That PDP must go in 2023 is our resolve, and working in harmony, we shall achieve that. Today is a statement in the party’s resolve to terminate the directionless regime of Wike and his PDP and in turn, entrench good governance and grow our beloved state.”
He noted that APC in the state was ready to mobilise Rivers’ voters to dethrone PDP in the state while adding that the Wike administration “represents the lowest for the state since it was created on May 27, 1967.”
“Every Rivers’ citizen, including civil servants, traders, craftsmen, students and our statesmen, are tired of Wike and PDP and are in unison to see their end. APC in the state is ready to mobilise them, going forward, to serve this wicked government the red card it well deserves.”
Continuing, he commended Amaechi for his decision to join the presidential race, noting that he is “convinced this Amaechi Project is the Nigerians’ Project,” and also thanked him for providing leadership to the party at a time it needed it the most.
