{"id":7737,"date":"2019-04-04T13:10:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=7737"},"modified":"2019-04-04T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:10:29","slug":"rivers-election-fayose-mocks-opposition-as-wike-defeats-awara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/rivers-election-fayose-mocks-opposition-as-wike-defeats-awara","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Election: Fayose mocks opposition as Wike defeats Awara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Immediate past Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to Nyesom Wike\u2019s re-election for a second term as Governor of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Fayose in a post on his Twitter page described Wike\u2019s victory as a historic one.<\/p>\n<p>Mocking the opposition, Fayose said Wike\u2019s victory showed that Nigerians were capable of defeating \u2018tyranny\u2019 threatening democracy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Ayo-Fayose-Photo-Sun-news-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Ayo-Fayose-Photo-Sun-news-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Ayo-Fayose-Photo-Sun-news-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Ayo-Fayose-Photo-Sun-news-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Ayo-Fayose-Photo-Sun-news-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The former governor wrote: \u201cI congratulate my friend and brother, Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and the entire people of Rivers state for this sweet and historic victory over those forces of evil who for their own selfish reasons turned the state to a killing field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the people of Rivers State stood by Governor Wike and the PDP even in the face of death is a sign that Nigerians are capable of defeating tyranny and this will just be the beginning of more victories over the forces threatening the survival of democracy in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was on Wednesday declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC .<\/p>\n<p>The State Returning Officer, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Professor Teddy Addia, declared that Governor Wike polled 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immediate past Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to Nyesom Wike\u2019s re-election for a second term as Governor of Rivers State. 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