Wike: I will end banditry in six months

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday, May 14, said he would end banditry in six months, if elected as the president in 2023.

Wike, a presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the declaration in a press statement issued by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his Special Adviser on Media in Port Harcourt.

Speaking at a meeting with party delegates from Ogun State at Abeokuta, he vowed to stamp out banditry in the first six months of his presidency.

Wike was accompanied to Ogun by Oyo State’s Gov. Seyi Makinde, his PDP counterpart in the Southwest,

He assured that his administration would provide the logistics and gadgets necessary for security agencies to expeditiously end banditry in the country if elected president.

Wike said that he would prioritise the protection of lives and property of every Nigerian.

The governor reiterated that he remained committed to the ideals of the PDP and would never leave it for another political party under any circumstance.

In his remarks, Gov. Makinde urged the PDP delegates to support Gov. Wike to actualise his presidential aspiration.

Makinde expressed optimism that Gov. Wike would win PDP’s ticket and subsequently the 2023 presidential election. 

Meanwhile, President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has appealed to Nigerians with pending issues on constitution review not to lose hope.

Lawan said the doors of the National Assembly were still open for further engagements on issues not addressed during the last exercise.

He spoke in Abuja on Thursday while receiving in audience members of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, led by the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar.

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Lawan, who recalled the recent review exercise said, “The D-Day came. And the voting took place and the rest is history, as they would say. We all feel sad but then that is democracy.

“But what you have done today is to take democracy to Nigerians because what you have done today is to show your belief in the parliament, the National Assembly.