The Governor of Rivers
State, Nyesom Wike, has said that the planned visit of President Muhammadu
Buhari to the state is meant to “revive” the All Progressives Congress, APC, in
the state.
The president’s office said on Monday that
Mr. Buhari will be visiting states hard hit by Boko Haram insurgency, communal
clashes, or other forms of violent killings.
President Buhari’s planned visit is to
personally assess the situation and to also condole with affected communities,
his office said.
He visited Taraba on Monday and
Plateau on Thursday. He
is billed to also visit Benue, Yobe, Zamfara and Rivers States.
In none of the states he has visited so far
has his focus been on promoting his party, APC. But Mr. Wike believes
otherwise.
“I hear they say that the President is coming
to our state,” Governor Wike said, Thursday, while flagging-off road
construction project in the state, according to a statement issued by the
governor’s media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu.
“I have not been told the president is coming
and why he is coming. He has the right to come to any state.
“Maybe the president is coming to make sure
that he will improve the fortunes of the APC that is dead in Rivers State.
“Apart from Jesus Christ, we don’t know of
anyone who has risen a dead thing. APC is a dead party in Rivers State. No
matter how you fast and pray, it will never wake up,” he said.
The governor of the oil-rich state is one of
the most influential leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
and an outspoken critic of Mr. Buhari and his party.
Mr. Wike said there was no security challenge
in this state and therefore it was needless for anyone to say that the
president’s visit was for security reason.
“We have never had herdsmen killings or crisis
in the state, except when some criminals tried to disrupt the peace and they
were checked. We resolved that challenge,” Mr. Wike said.
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