Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze on Monday commended Rivers people for shunning the “purported” local government election held Saturday August 30, 2025.
According to Eze in a statement, the election was managed by a team unlawfully appointed by the Sole Administrator – Ibok-Ette Ibas, “whose own appointment by the President, remains in clear contravention of the constitution”.
Eze said the reaction from the electorates across the state embodies an outright rejection of the ” political banditry” of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and his “disdainful acts of sabotage against the efforts of the administration of Gov. Fubara, in restoring the gains of previous administrations lost to his kleptocratic regime which was plagued by avarice and insatiable pursuit of power, wealth and fame and without any record of average performance”
Eze said the LGA election, though not contested as there were only 23 contenders for the chairmanship of the 23 local government areas all of who are followers of the FCT Minister, it is surprising to learn that result sheets for the entire polling units of the state were hijacked and kept in a private hotel in Port Harcourt, where figures were being distributed to give the exercise a semblance of credibility.
Eze counsels the public to disregard the “cooked up trash” being circulated as a result of the Local Government Councils election as there was no election in Rivers State but allocation of votes to Wike’s cronies
“It is pathetic to learn that in Emohua, Ikwerre, Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City and other local government areas where voters shunned the charade, the results churned out by the electoral body manned by this unlawful team led by the man from Cross-River indicate that the 23 chairmanship contestants scored votes in tens and hundreds of thousands”, he mocked.
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According to him, video footage from some communities in Emohua Local Government Area show RSIEC ad-hoc staff thumb-printing the entire ballot papers for the APC because not even a single voter turned up at the polling unit, yet a factional APC Chairmanship candidate, Chidi Lloyd was declared winner with over a hundred thousand votes.
“For an uncontested election to be this manipulated, it clearly shows that Wike has never won any election in his political life as he thrives in electoral malpractices”, he pushed.
Eze further recalled that the FCT Minister lost his polling unit to the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election and could not deliver Tinubu; only to get to the collation centre and change the entire results.
He however expressed confidence that the Courts, in due time, will set aside the “charade” held on August 30, and return orderliness to the Rivers polity, stressing that the political banditry in Rivers State contravenes every recognized standard of civilized behaviour in the context of developing nations who are still nursing their nascent democracies.
Eze disagreed with the notion that what played out on Saturday was a test run with 2027 in view, insisting that with what Rivers State demonstrated during the election, it shows that collectively they rescue Rivers State from Tinubu and Wike and ensure that they are retired from politics accordingly come 2027.
