A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has unraveled the real reason behind the sacking of 12 Local Government Chairmen by the River State Governor, Nyesom Wike immediately after the governorship and State Assembly elections.
The chieftain claimed that Wike had fired the council chairmen because they lost their council areas to Awara in the real elections. Similarly, 15 PDP local council chairmen were sacked because they allowed AAC to prevail in their areas.
He said, “The result of how INEC manipulated Governor Nyesom Wike into office, against the wishes of Rivers people, is becoming clearer with the recent action of the governor of unilaterally and unconstitutionally sacking the council chairmen of the 12 local government councils that voted against him massively during the 2019 polls.
Wike’s latest action had further exposed the mutual relationship that exists between him and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the state, issuance of pre-assigned Certificates of Return to Wike and others, confirm the allegation, Eze said.
He further stated that Wike had already threatened to deal with any political appointee or local government that fails to deliver, so sacking of these council chairmen on the flimsy excuse that they didn’t attend state function is an excuse meant for those who don’t understand the politics of Wikeism.
