Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has described the election of Donald Trump in Tuesday’s United States presidential polls as victory of the people over the forces of propaganda and lies.

Wike stated this when he addressed journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, said in a statement.

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The governor said that despite the “concocted opinion polls thrown at the people daily by the mainstream media’’, the people stood by their beliefs and convictions.

According to him, the emergence of Trump indicated that the power of the people will always triumph over the forces of propaganda and manipulation.

Wike said that the people of Rivers could easily relate with Trump’s victory because over the last two years, they had been objects of negative false propaganda.

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This, he said, did not deter them from standing on their ground to vote for PDP.

He urged the media to redefine its mode of operations to report the reality on ground instead of attempting to promote vested interests through the publication and broadcast of false propaganda.

He congratulated the incoming U.S. president, wishing him a successful term in office.

Trump, who run on the platform of the Republican Party, will become the 45th president after a surprise victory over his Democratic rival, Hilary Clinton.

The election was preceded by media forecasts and polls that favoured Clinton, a former First Lady and U.S. Secretary of State.