Why I invited ‘Tinubu’s men’ to inaugurate projects in Rivers – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, advanced the rationale behind his invitation of members of the opposition political parties to inaugurate projects in the state.

He said he wants the opposition to come and see what he has done and take the message back home.

Wike spoke during the inauguration of the Ogbunuabali Eastern Bypass dualized road in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.

According to him, “Nobody can stop me from bringing people from other walks of life to see what we have been able to do, and what we are doing in Rivers state.

“Yesterday, the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sawolu was here. Today the former Governor of Sokoto was here, on Thursday the Speaker of the House of Representatives will be here to commission the assembly residence.

“Go and see the wonders that God helped us to do.

“Whether you are in Labour Party, APC or PDP, it is to invite you to come and see, and then go back home and compare”.

Wike’s defence was against the backdrop of the condemnation of his action by a former Rivers South East Senator, Lee Meaba, who described his action as anti-party.

Meaba had wondered why Governor Wike should be promoting allies of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, rather than the PDP presidential candidate.

He said, “If we see anybody who wants to stop us from producing the next government at the centre, then the person needs to know what he is fighting for.

“If you stop us from working for Atiku, that is anti-party to the highest level, I stand to be corrected.

“In the middle of our campaign, you line up Tinubu’s men, why do you line up Tinubu’s men, in the middle of our campaign, you are highlighting APC and Tinubu above our own candidate”.