The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for telling the United States in a plain language that Nigeria will not succumb to their g@y marriage offer.
The party also congratulated the President on his successful four-day tour to the US and his return to Nigeria on Thursday.
In a statement issued in Port Harcourt by its Chairman, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, the party said Buhari was able to restore Nigeria’s pride in the comity of nations through the trip.
“The tour and the sparkling performance of President Muhammadu Buhari and his team while in the United States is yet another proof that Nigerians did not make any mistake in overwhelmingly voting him President in the March 28 presidential poll.
“For those of us from Rivers State, we are doubly happy and proud that Buhari’s great feats in the first two months of his administration vindicate our leader, Rotimi Amaechi, who correctly foresaw our great country’s political future and wholeheartedly mobilised us and the entire nation to support the candidature of President Buhari during the polls,” the statement said.
The party hailed Buhari for rejecting the g@y marriage proposal by the US Congress, “thereby putting to shame our detractors who thought that Buhari is a weak President who can easily succumb to the great influence of the USA to act against the general interest of our nation.”
“We are overwhelmed with joy that we at last have the President of our dreams and we are convinced that by the end of Buhari’s tenure Nigeria will be placed among the great nations of this world,” Rivers APC said.
The statement expressed strong support for the President’s proposal to probe the Ministers of the immediate past Goodluck Jonathan administration “who were exporting our crude oil and pocketing millions of dollars into their private pockets.”
“We wish to state that these wicked criminals should not be prosecuted accordingly but that the National Assembly should also enact a law banning them from further participation in our political space as they never mean well for our nation.
“We should use the recommended ban on these evil elements to serve as a deterrent for any political leader who may be thinking in the same direction of liquidating the treasury of our nation,” the party said.
Rivers APC said it fought hard to sack the Jonathan administration because it knew that Jonathan and his team never had the interest of Nigeria at heart.
The party appealed to the President to prosecute the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, stressing that, “Anything less than ensuring the prosecution of this duo and their prohibition from further participation in the politics of Nigeria will not auger well for the future of our nascent democracy.”
