Wike Denies Having Deal With Tinubu, Reveals Atiku Holds Meetings With APC Governors In Dubai

Wike Denies Having Deal With Tinubu, Reveals Atiku Holds Meetings With APC Governors In Dubai

  • Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has denied the report that he and other G5 governors of the PDP had a deal with Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC
  • Wike made the denial on their arrival from their trip to London in Port Harcourt, alleging that the media had published lots of fake news about him without verification
  • The Rivers governor also alleged that Atiku, the presidential candidate of the PDP, had been having meetings with some APC governors and the media had been keeping silent on it

Port Harcourt, Rivers - The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, had denied having any deal with Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Wike, on his arrival with other G5 governors in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, asked the media to present the evidence that he held a meeting with Tinubu, carriers of the news to present evidence of his alleged interview with the BBC.

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Wike denies having a deal with Tinubu in London Photo Credit: Nyesom Wike, Atiku Abubakar
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The governor also alleged that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been having meetings with some APC governors, but the Nigeria media had refused to publish that.

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Wike made the claim in a video shared by Channels Television on its Twitter page on his arrival with other G5 governors in Port Harcourt.

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He said he and his colleagues are aware of the meeting between Atiku and some APC governors in Dubai, accusing the media of being biased.

Wike maintained that he will not hide it if he made any agreement with any presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 election.

See the video of the press conference here:

The G5 governors travelled to London in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 28, on what could be described as a strategic meeting.

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There has been uncertainty about the preferred presidential candidate of the aggrieved PDP governors in the 2023 election.

Wike, other G5 governors return from London, arrive in Port Harcourt, video emerges

Legit.ng earlier reported that the G5 governors of the PDP have arrived in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, from their trip to the United Kingdom.

The aggrieved governors were seen in a viral video coming down from the private jet that conveyed them back to Nigeria.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers and 4 others have travelled out of the country for London on Wednesday in a strategic manner.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng