Wike can’t win Rivers guber poll –Princewill

One of the aspirants who boycotted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers State governorship primaries, Tonye Princewill, has declared that the party governorship candidate Nyesom Wike cannot win the general elections.

Expressing his disaffection over the outcome of the primaries he boycotted along with certain other aspirants, Princewill told newsmen in Abuja that the former Minister of State for Education would be rejected at the polls.

“It is no longer news that the PDP gubernatorial primaries held in Rivers State were designed to tell myself and other aspirants that the Ogoni and Ijaw aspirations were not just misplaced but were irrelevant.

“It was designed to show us that the agenda for Wike was bigger than that of the rest of us and that in their scheme of things, we do not matter. The former minister may have won the battle without us, but let us see how he intends to win the war.”

The aspirant, who alleged that the national leadership and state chapter of the part compromised the primaries to favour Wike, further gave indication of his intention to dump the PDP for Labour Party.

“The role of the party leadership in this ugly incident will not be forgotten and rightly so.

From national to state level, Rivers people were let down again. As for my supporters and I, we will announce our next decision shortly. Having seen the writing on the wall far back, we received calls from several political parties to pursue the option of running under the banner of one of the more viable ones with a high quality Kalabari/Ogoni ticket so as not to deny the people of the state, the real choice they deserve. Wike and Dakuku, two Amaechi boys, are not a choice, they are a smart imposition and Rivers people should be given the real option to reject them.

“ I have no reason to waste my valuable time appealing the primaries, as the father of a gorilla is still a gorilla. PDP deserves Wike and I believe they should have him. If my judgment is right, Rivers people are more interested in the person, than the party. In 2015, they will show the world how fed up they are of the big political parties.”

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