Ahead of next week’s elections, Governor Nyesom Wike has asserted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the required character and courage necessary to spearhead the leadership of Nigeria.
Tinubu who paid Tinubu a courtesy call at the Government House, Port Harcourt, shortly after the APC candidate’s campaign rally for Rivers Wednesday, said he owes nobody apologies for making the declarative endorsement while wishing Tinubu luck in his presidential bid.
The Rivers governor, however, called on Tinubu not to encourage further funding on the APC guber candidate in Rivers, Tonye Cole, stressing that he has no chance against Siminaliayi Fubura, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who Wike projects to succeed him.
The governor acknowledged that Tinubu, the former Lagos governor had never changed political party and holds firm to what he believes in, just as he revealed that he copied some of his (Wike’s) governorship policies that have brought him praise, particularly quality welfare for judicial officers, from the policies of Tunubu when he was Lagos governor.
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His words; ‘I have no apology to anybody to say nobody born of a woman can intimidate me. You have never changed party one day. That tells of your character and courage and that is what we require in this country” the Rivers governor told Tinubu.’
‘But let me advice you, don’t spend any more money on your governorship candidate here (Rivers)”, he added, stressing that he doesn’t stand a chance against the PDP candidate.’
Wike castigated PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for lacking character in switching political parties and not being a promise keeper in the agreement to let party chairmanship go to South when if won the party ticket.
On the worsening trouble with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) currency redesign, Wike said, “Governor of CBN is disrespecting Supreme Court. Where has it happened in democracy?