The Consolidation of the New Rivers Vision Campaign Council has dismissed comments coming from the Atiku Abubakar’s camp, saying “Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state is not running an election.”
The council said in Port Harcourt through its spokesperson, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, that Leoonu Nwibubasa is “sounding like a broken record.”
“We have listened to what looks like the tired and uninspiring voice of Nwibubasa who speaks for the Atiku campaign.
“We find it disappointing that our brother who should fly the Rivers flag wherever he is has sold his conscience and his whole body to the devil.
“In case Nwibubasa who is sounding like a broken record has forgotten, what is in contention is not what has happened in the past or what the Rivers people did in the past in choosing Wike as their governor, after an Ikwerre man presided over affairs of state in Brick House.
“What is in contention, as we speak, is whether Article 7, 3(c) on power rotation is being adhered to in Rivers state. The question is, has the PDP in Rivers state complied substantially with the basic principle on power rotation which is enshrined in our constitution? The answer is yes.
“Has Alhaji Atiku and his backers shown respect for the fundamental principle on power rotation which ought to see power shift to the South? The answer is a definite no.
“In Rivers state, the right of the Rivers South East to occupy Brick House has been established and defended by the party under the leadership of Governor Wike,” he said.
