ADC candidate to Wike: No one can rig Rivers election

Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers state, Dr Gabriel Pidomson, Thursday said Rivers people will reject any attempt by individual or group to impose a governor on them in the 2027 election.

Speaking on the state of preparedness, Pidomson said the election would not be a contest between individuals or political blocs but a referendum by Rivers people on who should govern the state.

“The 2027 election is not just between Pidomson and the others. It is going to be Rivers people versus others,” he said.

Taking a direct swipe at the political camp associated with former governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Pidomson said the state was not the property of any individual or political group.

“Rivers state is nobody’s private estate. It is our common patrimony,” he stated.

Pidomson also dismissed the growing influence of the Rainbow Coalition, boasting that the ADC would “eclipse their rainbow” in the governorship contest.

“On the so-called Rainbow Coalition, well, they have the right to boast everywhere. I can assure you that the real people are not with them. And we shall eclipse their rainbow next year,” he said.

The ADC candidate alleged that Rivers’ people were “morally angry” over what he described as the domination of the state by one political figure, insisting that the electorate was ready for a change.

He challenged Wike’s political camp to point to projects the former governor had attracted to Rivers since becoming FCT minister.