Presidential hopeful and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to end the massacre of citizens of Plateau and other States if elected president in 2023.
This is as he described as regrettable the failure of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to end the incessant wanton destruction of lives and property in Plateau State.
The governor stated this on Saturday when he visited Jos, Plateau State capital, as part of his ongoing consultation with delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party across the country ahead of the party’s convention slated for 28/ 29 May 2022.
Wike in a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, in Port Harcourt, observed that under the watch of the APC-led Federal Government, banditry and other horrid criminal activities have been thriving in Plateau State, which is regrettably governed by the same party.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.510.1_en.html#goog_1669513951
“APC is at the Federal Government level. APC is at the Villa. The only Federal Government project in Plateau is banditry. That is the only project that can be given to Plateau people,” he said.
Wike told the delegates that if given the PDP presidential election, he will win the 2023 general election for the party and subsequently end the menace of heart-wrenching violence in Plateau and other parts of the country.
“Give me the ticket, I will win the election and this thing will be a thing of the past,” he said.
He explained that he was serious about his bid for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. According to him, if elected, he will replicate his remarkable achievements as governor of Rivers State in other parts of the country.
“What is important for me is that PDP must take over in 2023. What our party requires now is somebody who can win election for PDP. I am not running to answer the name former presidential candidate, no. That is not why I am running.
“I am running because I know if you give me the ticket I will win this election for the PDP and for Nigeria,” the governor said.
He commended former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, and Senator Jeremiah Useni for settling their political disagreement in the interest of the party.
According to him, the reconciliation of the two leaders made it possible for the party to win a House of Representatives seat in the recent bye-election in the state.
Plateau State PDP chairman, Chris Hassan, who acknowledged the role Wike played to reconcile the leaders of the party in the State, assured him of the State’s support.
Credit: PUNCH