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<\/p>\nGovernor Nyesom Wike has reacted to his re-re-election as Governor of Rivers state by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n
Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was on Wednesday declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC .<\/p>\n
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The State Returning Officer, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Professor Teddy Addia, declared that Governor Wike poll 886,264 votes to defeat his closest rival Biokpomabo Awara of the AAC who polled one hundred and seventy three thousand, eight hundred and nine votes.<\/p>\n
Wike in a series of tweets on his official Twitter page dedicated his victory to those killed during the Rivers election.<\/p>\n
He also noted that he would never betray the PDP.<\/p>\n
Wike wrote: \u201cI want to thank the people of Rivers State for showing the kind of love we have never seen before. I thank them for showing the kind of support we have never seen before<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who died not because they were criminals, but because they wanted to defend their votes. We dedicate this victory to God those who were killed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey tried with their Federal Might, but the Superior Might from above defeated them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thanked INEC for working in line with the tenets of the electoral act. I thank the Police.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf anybody does anything contrary as a member of the House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, the blood of those who died will visit them. I will never betray PDP.Nobody won or lost, but Rivers people won.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not disappoint the PDP. We will not disappoint Rivers people. We shall continue to serve.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must make the state move forward . We must not continue to de-market the state. I cannot stay beyond 2023, but Rivers State will continue to be. If you believe you are from Rivers State, end this now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have no other state . You may have mansions elsewhere, but there is no place like home. We must come together and build our state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey protected our votes and they defended us. We pray God to grant their families the strength to bear the losses. We shall continue to support the families.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will run an inclusive government, which will accommodate all shades of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Governor Nyesom Wike has reacted to his re-re-election as Governor of Rivers state by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was on Wednesday declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC . The State Returning Officer, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Professor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":6259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[34,320,38,65,421,454],"class_list":["post-7733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-crime","tag-election","tag-pdp","tag-rivers","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"\n