By Ochogwu Sunday Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he did not support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, L...
By Ochogwu Sunday
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he did not
support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi
overtly at the Feb. 25 election because nobody discussed Igbo presidency with
him.
According to NAN, Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo
Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, stated on Friday in Enugu that Wike made the
declaration at a meeting the socio-political group had with him in Port
Harcourt on Thursday.
Ogbonnia stated that at the meeting, Ohaneze Ndigbo
confronted Wike over his alleged role against Obi during the presidential
election.
He stated that Gov. Wike expressed surprise that Ohanaeze
was on a fact-finding mission and would explain his role in the presidential
election.
According to Ogbonnia, the Rivers governor explained that
the Southern Governors Forum first met at Asaba and agreed that power must
shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari.
He also explained that the governors later met in Enugu in
September 2021 to reaffirm their position for power to shift to the South.
He stated that throughout the meetings, “the issue of
presidency to the Southeast was never on the table.’’
Wike also explained that throughout his political adventure,
he tried as much as possible to maintain the position of the Southern
governors.
Wike expressed disgust that during the PDP presidential
primary election, several well-known people of the Southeast betrayed him and
sabotaged the Southern interest by voting for a candidate from the northern
part.
He added that his unalloyed commitment to the South
motivated him “to provide logistics for Obi when he was in Rivers for the
presidential campaign’’.
Wike noted that conversely, he refused to provide even a
campaign ground for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of his own
Peoples Democratic Party.
The governor further stated that “what is circulating in the
social media is the handiwork of Wike adversaries.’’
“I am a man with the courage of my convictions and have no
reasons to tell lies or to owe an apology to anyone.
“I am always ready to defend my actions any day and at any
time, and I did not rig the presidential election against Obi,’’ Ogbonnia
quoted Wike as having said.
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