The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has declared that nobody can down play or undermine the interest of the people of Southern Nigeria in the decision over who flies the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He made this assertion yesterday, during a meeting of stakeholders of the party at Government House, Port Harcourt which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York.
Wike frowned at those who he said were claiming that they were transversing the country on consultations with stakeholders over their interest in the race, but are actually declaring their ambition inadvertently.
He asserted that southern Nigeria, and particularly Rivers State, was an enduring asset to the PDP and cannot be treated with levity.
‘Please discountenance anything you’re seeing and hearing, all those social media posts, the south will make a statement very soon. It is not about you’ll be vice president to this or these people are consulting. The day the south makes a statement, Nigerians will know that we are not joking. People take the south for granted saying that they are not together, no problems. If we didn’t know yesterday, today we know.
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‘We are assets. We are not liability. When we say we are going to support the party, we support the party with everything we have. We are not in America where you do television campaign. When we come out, we will choke them. They know it. So, everybody should relax, let the south do their homework and then they’ll make a proper statement.
‘Forget about Chief Dokpesi; with all due respect, Dokpesi people are trying to destroy the party which is not good. If we follow the kind of statements that Dokpesi is making everyday, by now, the party would have been destroyed. But, we said no.’
Wike said he would never anoint any person to succeed him, but would be praying to God to give to the state that kind of person who will move the state to the next level.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK