WIKE ASKS NEWLY ELECTED REPS NOT TO PLEDGE LOYALTY TO PDP NWC
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Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has urged the newly elected National Assembly members in the state not to pledge loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee when they take office.
Wike asserted that because the party’s leadership was not a factor in the election’s victory, Lawmakers should only be focused on maintaining national unity and the interests of Rivers State.
This was said by Governor when PDP-nominated House of Representatives candidates visited him to present their certificates of return.
The governor said he isoptimistic that the PDP in the state will perform well in the next election as it did in the February 25 polls, even as more groups endorse the party for the March 18 election.
Wike’s comments come few hours after he took aim at the campaign team of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over their protest of the outcome of the February 25 poll.
Atiku came second in the keenly contested presidential election, polling 6,984,520 votes, while winner Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 8,794,726 votes.
On Monday, the former Vice President led a “black uniform” protest to the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja that also included the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; and Atiku’s running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa.
Following INEC’s declaration of Tinubu as the President-elect last Thursday, Atiku slammed the conduct of the elections, saying the umpire’s inability to upload results on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) is a “rape of democracy”.
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