Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has allegedly issued a warning to cabals attempting to thwart the February 25 and March 11 general elections, telling them to abandon their scheme and to reject any kind of “interim administration.”
In addition, Wike criticised the Federal Government over the lack of three freshly redesigned naira notes, claiming that he thinks President Muhammadu Buhari was duped into approving the practise.
Wike’s statement came less than 24 hours after Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, campaigned in Ekiti and accused a diabolical conspiracy to generate a crisis that will cause the poll on February 25 to be delayed and disrupted.
“Let nobody try to scuttle this election,” the governor warned on Saturday during a campaign in the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of the state.
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“This policy (naira redesign) is targeted at making people angry so that they will demonstrate and riot and then the election be postponed. Then, they will introduce an interim government,” he said.
“No matter the provocation, don’t protest,” Wike cautioned the people of the state. “This election will hold. This election is by the PVCs. This election is not an election of cabals; it is an election of Nigerians.”
Wike also criticised the Federal Government for the lack of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), generally known as gasoline, and said those who supported a new currency during the election campaign were the nation’s enemies.
The governor continued, asking, “What corruption are you fighting when you have three more months?” The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not fight corruption. He asked but expressed hope that the President will act to ease the suffering of the people.
“You said you want to remove the old currency but we have not seen the new ones. Can you buy fuel? Can you buy anything to eat again? Now, tell me, would you vote for anybody who loves Nigeria and is running for election, who supports this CBN policy?” he asked party supporters decked up in party paraphernalia, many of whom chorused “No”.
“Those supporting this kind of thing are enemies of Nigeria. I believe that they did not tell President Buhari the correct thing because me and the President are going the same time – May 29, the same time, nobody will stay one day more the other.
“So, I know the man will like to finish well and go and I won’t see what is bad and not advise him. Those plotting all these things are those who don’t like him. But I believe he will hear the cries of Nigerians,” he said.
