Ekiti Governorship Election Was A Fluke- APC

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has condemned the just concluded Ekiti State governorship election where the party lost to the Peoples Democratic Party.

Speaking on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, David Ibiama Ikanya, the state APC Chairman told Daily Independent that the election was a fluke and assured that despite the fact that they lost in Ekiti, PDP will never win Rivers State governorship poll. 

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"This development, which was unexpected, does not portend anything or any danger for the APC in 2015, especially in Rivers State. The Ekiti election has come and gone and we have learnt our lessons, which will ensure better outings in other elections" he said. "That election will go a long way to unite and strengthen us the more to present a better APC to Nigerians for the battle to rescue and repositioning Nigeria".

The chairman while fielding a question on the fate of the party following what had transpired in Ekiti, he said: "It is erroneous to think that what happened in Ekiti affects or will affect Rivers State politics come 2015. The factors that led us losing Ekiti are well known but totally different from the reality in Rivers State".

"No matter the challenges or odds, Rivers remains an APC State. I am supremely confident that the good people of Rivers State will renew their covenant with APC with a landslide in 2015" Ikanya added.  

Ikanya also revealed that as the 2015 general election year beckons, the party has strategised on how to eliminate the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state.

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"One thing going for us in Rivers State is that we have President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP whose hatred for our state and her people is legendary, not minding that he is from our sister state, Bayelsa, and our in-law and we gave him the highest number of votes that made him the President.

"Our campaign strategy will be centered on this hatred, which has manifested in the hounding of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, the ceding of our oil wells to Bayelsa and Abia states and refusal to direct Akwa Ibom to pay us the proceeds of our oil wells she kept for many years. Mr. President has also refused to site any meaningful project in Rivers State, so how can we support him or any PDP candidate in 2015?" he questioned.

It would be recalled that the incumbent governor of Ekiti State, Fayemi Kayode of the All Progressive Congress was defeated by Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the just conducted Saturday’s Governorship election.