Immediate past Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to
Nyesom Wike’s re-election for a second term as Governor of Rivers
State.
Fayose in a post on his Twitter page described Wike’s victory as a historic one.
Mocking the opposition, Fayose said Wike’s victory showed that
Nigerians were capable of defeating ‘tyranny’ threatening democracy.
The former governor wrote: “I congratulate my friend and brother,
Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and the entire people of Rivers state for
this sweet and historic victory over those forces of evil who for their
own selfish reasons turned the state to a killing field.
“That the people of Rivers State stood by Governor Wike and the PDP
even in the face of death is a sign that Nigerians are capable of
defeating tyranny and this will just be the beginning of more victories
over the forces threatening the survival of democracy in our country.”
DAILY POST reports that Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, was on Wednesday declared winner by the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC .
The State Returning Officer, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Federal
University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Professor Teddy Addia, declared that
Governor Wike polled 886,264 votes to defeat his closest rival
Biokpomabo Awara of the AAC who polled one hundred and seventy three
thousand, eight hundred and nine votes.
