Wike Fumes, Fires Shot at Atiku Over Meeting With Influential Rivers Stakeholders
- Atiku Abubakar's recent meeting with some key stakeholders from Rivers state in Abuja is not sitting well with Governor Nyesom Wike
- Wike said the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party who met with Atiku in Abuja are not actual indigenes of Rivers state
- According to Wike, the 2023 presidential election is an opportunity for Rivers people to send a solid message to Atiku over his action
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The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has described the meeting between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and some state party stakeholders in Abuja as an insult.
While speaking in Rivers on Monday, February 20, Wike said Atiku insulted the state's people by meeting with a former governor, Celestine Omehia, Uche Secondus and other leaders in the Federal Capital Territory.
Source: UGC
His words:
"I am not a non-indigene in Abuja where I hear the presidential candidate of PDP was addressing non-indigenes of Ricers state in Abuja. If they are Rivers people, come to Ricers state to address them, no be so?
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"How dare you say you addressed Rivers people in Abuja? You're addressing Rivers people in Abuja, is that not an insult?
"You cannot come to Rivers State and talk to us, you say Rivers state is not safe but you want our votes."
The governor further asked the crowd:
“Rivers people will you allow that?”
To this, the teeming crowd answered, “No” in unison.
Continuing, Wike warned that those who have declared Rivers as an unsafe safe and seeking the people’s votes should be given the treatment they deserve at the poll in the forthcoming elections.
He said:
“It's unfortunate, no right-thinking Rivers man will take that insult and I challenge all of you here to do like a true Rivers people."
Wike promises not to mislead Rivers people
Further promising to always protect the interest of the people of the state, Wike said Rivers has given him everything he needed in life and he remains grateful for that.
He said:
"So we are happy with our people and that is why I have told you people, I will never mislead the people of Rivers state. I will tell you what is good for our people.
I will never sell Rivers state for a pot of porridge, I will continue to stand for Rivers state because it is the state that has given me everything in life."
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Atiku calls Wike's bluff, meets key Rivers PDP stakeholders 6 days to election, gives reason
Some key members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state have met with Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Atiku and the party stakeholders from Rivers state had the meeting over the weekend in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city.
According to a former lawmaker, the meeting was compensation for the party's campaign rally that could not take place in Rivers state.
PDP wins big as top political party dumps presidential candidate for Atiku 8 days to poll
The Allied Peoples Movement has adopted Atiku Abubakar as its 2023 presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election.
The party's national chairman made the announcement at a press briefing on Thursday, February 15.
Yusuf Dantalle said the Peoples Democratic Party's umbrella is big enough to accommodate members of the APM, including their presidential candidate Chichi Ojei.
Source: Legit.ng
