The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared the people of the state will not vote for a presidential candidate that will either jail or kill him when elected into office.
Wike made this known while speaking at a campaign rally at Obio-Akpor LGA on Saturday.
He also praised the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Governors for their stance on power shift to the south.
Wike said: ‘We will not support those who say when they come to power, they will kill me.
‘We will not support those who say when they come to power, they will jail me.’
‘Will you allow them to kill me? Will you vote for those who do not want us to exist? Are you sure?’
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Recall that Wike had last week stated that the presidential candidate of the APC, 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.