Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has told those planning to deal with him if they win the forthcoming presidential election to perish the idea.
He described their threat as empty, saying God would not allow them access to the Aso Rock.
The governor said his political crime remained his insistence that the party must practise equity, fairness and justice.
Wike spoke at the Community Secondary School 1 in Mogho Town where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inaugurated its campaign for Gokana Local Government Area.
The governor insisted that the threat was laughable as his detractors would not win at the poll to have an opportunity to execute it.
He said: “Most of you have watched on YouTube where they said they will deal with me when they win. You can’t win.
“You’ve not won yet you are threatening to deal with some people. Will God allow you?”
Wike said he remained a strong proponent of equity, fairness and justice because it was the only way to foster inclusivity in PDP.
He pointed to the evil of denying other equal stakeholders the due rights that would give them a sense of belonging.
He said: “All of them planning and saying they will deal with us, they’ve not been born. I dare them, let them try it.”
Wike told Gokana people to be proud of their nativity as citizens of Rivers, boasting that nobody could intimidate the state and subject it to playing a second fiddle in the country.
The governor also advised the people to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) that would be used to punish haters of Rivers State.
He said the 2023 election would be about the use of the PVCs and would not be the experience of 2019 when officers of the Nigerian Army and police were used to intimidate voters.
