Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join him in building the state.

He made the appeal on Thursday after the Supreme Court struck out the appeals of the APC on the just concluded elections in Rivers.

The APC had asked the apex court to reverse itself on the exclusion of the party from the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.

But a seven-man panel of judges led by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Mohammed, struck out the appeals for being incompetent.

Reacting to the judgement in a broadcast, Governor Wike said all legal issues regarding the fielding of candidates by the APC for the elections in Rivers have finally and permanently been put to rest.

He noted that with the judgement of the apex court, the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidates in the polls was legally safe, secured and protected.

The governor praised the opposition for their courage to fight within the confines of the law to the end.

He reminded them that the task of building the state must take precedence over all other considerations, now that the legal battle was over.

Governor Wike believes the leaders are better of standing and working together for Rivers and its people.

He, therefore, appealed to Amaechi and the APC to join hands with his government to move the state forward, adding that being divided would not mean well for the people.

The governor further urged the people of Rivers to shun all acts of violence and promised to ensure the unity and peaceful co-existence of all residents, irrespective of their political and religious differences.

https://all-gists..com/2019/04/Wike-Tells-Amaechi-APC-To-Join-Him-In-Moving-Rivers-Forward.html?m=1

[center][/center]

Kkk