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Accept your absence from the ballot as ‘the will of God’, Wike tells Rivers APC

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on the leaders of the All Progressives Congress to accept the disqualification of the party from the ballot for the 2019 general elections in the state as the will of God.

Wike urged the leaders of Rivers APC to accept their fate, saying nobody can resurrect a dead horse.

The governor made the call on Thursday in a state broadcast on the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections slated on Saturday.

The governor said, “Truth be told, the Supreme Court has spoken. Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed. It is the will of God and there is nothing anybody can do to return the APC to the ballot for the 2019 general elections in Rivers State.

“But this, I believe, is not the end of life for the APC in Rivers State. There is always another day and as political leaders, we must have the courage to accept the reality, know when to stop fighting for nothing and tell our followers the simple truth, even if it may sound bitter.

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“I would, therefore, advice my brothers in the APC to endeavour to put their house in order, allow the prevailing peace to continue and prepare for 2023.

“Let me assure everyone that the collective interest of our state will continue to guide our actions and we shall continue to accommodate everybody irrespective of party affiliation in our schemes of governance.”

However, the Director General of Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation, Chidi Lloyd, explained that while INEC had continued to exclude the APC in the state from the ballot, the state PDP had been mocking the main opposition party in the state.

Lloyd said, while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt that though justice could be delayed, it would never be denied.

“While the APC in Rivers continues to be unjustly excluded by INEC from the ballot, we continue to be mocked and taunted by the PDP. But justice will come. Though delayed, it (justice) will not be denied,” he stressed.

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