Prince Ugo Beke, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Rivers State spoke to MUYIWA ADEYEMI on the poverty situation and living standard of people in the state; and how to tame excesses of the ruling party come 2023.
What is the strength of your party in Rivers State considering the fact that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has controlled the state since 1999?
You cannot judge what happened since 1999 to what would happen in 2023. Every Nigerian believes that whatever took place between 1999 and 2022 was a mere contraption of democracy because people were writing and announcing results, even in some areas where the opposition parties were preponderant in terms of votes, they were usually shortchanged. I give you an example, in 2011, Celestine Omehia versus Rotimi Amaechi, it was publicly believed that Omehia of APGA won that election but it was stolen.
