PDP Tells Peterside, Wike Can't Be Impeached

Rivers State PeoplesDemocratic Party 

has said that the tenure of

the Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, is

not under any threat of impeachment.

The state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr.

Samuel Nwanosike, said on Monday that the

governor would serve his tenure, adding that

the people of the state would continue to

support his administration.

Speaking with Nwanosike in Port Harcourt while

briefing newsmen, in reaction to a statement

credited to the governorship candidate of the

All Progressives Congress in the 2015

general election.

Dr. Dakuku Peterside. had predicted that the regime of

the governor would soon come to an end,

adding that the people could not be deceived

with lies and propaganda, no matter how well

crafted the lies were.

Nwanosike explained that the state

House of Assembly had majority of the PDP

and wondered why Peterside, who is the

Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime

and Safety Agency, would make such a

statement.

“Dakuku Peterside should know that the

governor cannot be impeached because in

the state House of Assembly, the PDP is in

the majority. The issue of the governor’s

regime coming to an end cannot come up.

“Wike is using the resources at his

disposal to develop the state and that is why

he will continue to enjoy the support of the

people. They can try as much as they can,

they cannot do anything to Governor Wike,”

the state PDP publicity secretary said.

He explained that there was no controversy

surrounding the position of the state

governor, since the Supreme Court had given

its verdict in Wike favour.

“Rivers State is PDP. We have got up to the

Supreme Court and we won. So, to say that

Wike’s administration will soon come to an

end does not make any meaning to us,” he

added.

Reacting, the state Publicity Secretary of the

APC, Mr. Chris Finebone, disagreed with

Nwanosike, saying that Rivers remains an

APC state.

He emphasized the claim that the state

belonged to the PDP as an empty talk, adding

that the people of the state were aware of

how the election was handled in the state.

“Rivers State is not PDP. People were saying

Nigeria was PDP, until APC won. It is sheer

empty talk to say that Rivers State is PDP.

Rivers belongs to the APC and will remain

APC,” Finebone said.