Our Reporter, Abuja
Former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has openly decried the pervasive culture of electoral manipulation in Rivers State.
Speaking at the Port Harcourt International Airport upon his formal reception by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday, Amaechi vowed to challenge the state’s notorious reputation for “writing election results.”
“Our state is notorious for writing results. We must stop them from writing results. They make noise after writing results,” Amaechi declared to a cheering crowd of supporters who braved the rain to welcome him.
His remarks come amid widespread allegations of rigging in both gubernatorial and presidential elections in Rivers State especially, the 2023 election.
Amaechi, who recently defected to the ADC after resigning from the All Progressives Congress (APC), called for a concerted effort by a united opposition to free Nigerians from hunger and servitude under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“Nigerians are hungry under Tinubu’s first tenure; just imagine how his second tenure will be,” he said.
Amaechi also used the opportunity of his triumphant return to send a direct jab at political opponents underlining his grassroots popularity in Rivers politics.
“They said I have no followers, but look at this crowd. We will stop them from writing results,” the ADC chieftain remarked.
Recall also that at the height of the fight between former governor, Nyesom Wike and his god-son, Siminalayi Fubara, a certain APC Chairman in Rivers State had boasted of how the result of the election that produced Fubara was written on his office table.
