The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, claims that his administration has kept its commitments to the populace and contends that only failed leaders continue to travel with security details after leaving office.
The governor said as much on Thursday at the official launch of a flyover project in the state's Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, adding that he will step down from office next year with a smile on his face because he did not "disgrace" the residents of the state.
“Already, I am leaving. In the next few months, I am gone but I am happy going because my people are happy I did not disgrace them,” the governor said during the event which also had ex-governor of Cross River State Donald Duke in attendance.
“I am going without having any policemen following me on the streets. There is nobody that can touch me in any street because I have done what the people want me to do.
“It is only those that have failed because they haven’t done anything for their people that carry soldiers after leaving office. I don’t have one to follow me. Even if they give me, I won’t take. I want to move alone.”
The former minister, who said his government has “changed the narrative in terms of governance”, asked the people to hold leaders accountable.
“So, Rivers people ask me what I am doing with my money,” Wike maintained.
“I will tell you what I am doing with my money. If we were getting the kind of money we used to get before, I would have turned this state into Dubai.”
“Ask PDP in Rivers State what they have done for the people of the state. This is our campaign,” the governor added.
“So, when people come and ask you to vote for them, ask them: The one you went before, what happened?”