Nyesom Wike
Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that he has obtained a firm promise from President Goodluck Jonathan that a political solution will be reached on the lingering Soku oil well conflict between Rivers and Bayelsa States.
Wike assured the people of Soku that he has the political will and capacity to resolve the Soku oil wells conflict to the benefit of the people of Rivers State.
He spoke, yesterday, when he led Minister of Sports, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, his running mate, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo and top members of the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council to Soku to meet with traditional rulers and also address the Oceania communities at a grand governorship campaign rally.
Wike told the Oceania traditional rulers that he informed President Jonathan on Monday evening during the meeting the President held with PDP governorship candidates that he would be visiting Soku and the President gave him a message for the people of the area.
He said: “President Jonathan asked me to say directly to you that he is an Ijaw son, he is your brother and therefore, you should not allow people to carry false propaganda to divide two brothers. He has asked me to tell you that it is not correct to say that he took Soku oil wells and gave them to Bayelsa State. President Jonathan asked me to tell you that the Soku Oil well conflict started earlier between Bayelsa and Rivers State, but that it will be resolved politically.”
Speaking further, Wike said: “We have the political will and capacity to resolve this conflict. I will not be a party to ceding any part of Rivers State to another state.”
He berated the outgoing All Progressives Congress, APC, administration for abandoning the oil bearing Oceania communities, leaving them with no projects while top Rivers government officials corruptly enriched themselves at the expense of the people.
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