Eze Chukwuemeka Eze Cautions Political Stakeholders as 2027 Approaches

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has appealed to residents of Rivers State not to make the same mistake they made in the 2015 election.

Eze made the plea in a statement on Tuesday, it was reported. The challenges facing the state are the direct result of the decision taken during the 2015 governorship election, he said.

He accused Rivers residents of turning a blind eye to the passionate appeal of then Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who called on the people to reject Nyesom Wike at the polls.

Amaechi had warned that the choice before Rivers people in 2015 was between light and darkness as he presented then APC governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, as a visionary leader with the competence, character and capacity to sustain developmental strides recorded between 2007 and 2015, Eze said.

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“Unfortunately, through the influence of powerful political forces at the centre and circumstances that remain part of our political history, Rivers State ended up on a path that has brought over eleven years of stagnation, division, insecurity, institutional decline, and the dismantling of many of the visionary programmes that once made Rivers State a model of development in Nigeria,” he said.

“I condemn in no uncertain terms Wike’s incessant bragging about determining who becomes the next Governor of Rivers State,” Eze said while speaking on the 2027 governorship election.

“Rivers State is not the property of any individual, irrespective of his political influence. The era of political godfatherism ends. Any attempt to impose a governor on the people of Rivers is not only undemocratic but a direct assault on the sovereignty of the electorate, whoever attempts it. He declared: “Rivers people must reject such a devilish agenda with every democratic means available to them.