Wike: With Edo, South-South Will Now Speak With One Voice; Returns To Port Harcourt In Grandstyle |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says that with Edo State now a PDP state, the South-south zone will now speak with one voice, and address frontally issues concerning the Niger Delta.

Wike  spoke when he returned to Rivers State as a victorious warlord  from the battlefield, with  spoils of war.

The mammoth crowd that besieged the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, to welcome him was overwhelming.

He triumphantly walked into the waiting arms of the enthusiastic Rivers people who thronged the airport in appreciation of his role in the victory,  in Edo State, of Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Obaseki was re-elected as the governor of the State for another term in office.

In his address, Wike commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the police over their conduct during the Edo Governorship Election.

Wike is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council.

The Governor also commended the people of Edo State for ending godfatherism with the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki.

“With the re-election of Governor Obaseki, the entire South-South Region is now completely PDP.

“What this means is that the entire South-South can now speak with one voice on issues concerning us,” he stated.

Wike had earlier said the electoral victory of Obaseki has ended godfatherism in Edo State.

Governor Wike made the assertion at a press conference in Benin City shortly after the declaration of Governor Obaseki as the winner of Edo Governorship Election.

He, however, acknowledged that Edo people spoke vehemently with their votes by re-electing Obaseki.

He noted that with the outcome of the election, Edo people would no longer put their fate in the hands of one man.

“If for nothing, we have made the point that there is nothing called godfatherism again in Edo State politics.

“I thank Governor Obaseki for volunteering to be used to fight for the interest of Edo State,” he said.