The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Rivers State, Gabriel Pidomson, has challenged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to an open debate on governance in the state.
Pidomson alleged that Wike was preventing the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Kingsley Chinda from speaking directly to Rivers residents about his manifesto ahead of the February election.
In a video shared on his official Facebook page on Thursday, Pidomson accused Wike of mismanaging Rivers State during his eight years as governor, stressing that the Minister has also been ruling by proxy for the past three years.
He described Rivers as a failed state and challenged the minister to account for the state’s resources over the past 12 years.
He said, “APC needs to tell us what they have for Rivers people. It’s not about carrying your son behind you and not allowing him to speak to Rivers people on what he has to offer.
“Well, if the FCT Minister thinks he is the one on the ballot, I’m challenging him to a debate on governance in Rivers State.
“Rivers State in the last 12 years has become a failed project. The FCT Minister should tell us what has happened in the past 12 years, eight years of his own misrule and the three years that he ruled by proxy.”