A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Hon. Dakuku Peterside has described the past seven years in Rivers State as the worst in the history of the state.
Dakuku, said this when he received scores of defectors to the party in Opobo Nkoro LGA on Thursday.
According to him, Rivers people have suffered a lot due to bad leadership driven by selfish interest and unbridled ego. He said the ordinary Rivers man and woman were left out of governance while those in authority enrich themselves.
He also said Rivers people are politically sophisticated and as such, no one could influence how they would vote during elections. This was in reaction to Gov. Wike’s comments that at the appropriate time, he will tell Rivers people who to vote.
“There is no doubt that the last seven remain the worst in Rivers’ history. The ordinary Rivers man and woman were left out of governance while those in authority enriched themselves, appropriated the people’s commonwealth and shamelessly brandished even that which they stole, before the people. Rivers people never had it this bad,” he said.
“We will remind our people how much Wike and his cohorts failed them and why we cannot continue in that trajectory,” he added.
