Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has fired a fresh barb at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, saying some of the people around the former vice president could make him lose next year’s election.
Wike warned that he should not be blamed if the PDP lost the presidential contest.
Recall that the Rivers Governor has been locked in a cold war with Atiku since the presidential candidate picked Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate.
The governor spoke during the inauguration of the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters, an estate tastefully completed by his administration to provide befitting accommodation for the state lawmakers.
Wike said:” People have said I went to court against Atiku Abubakar. I want to say categorically that if I had a reason to go to court I will go to court. But I didn’t go to court. I just have to say it for Nigerians to know.
“I have kept quiet and busy delivering the dividends of democracy for my party to win the election; people are busy plotting how they will win the election, but others are busy trying to see how they will lose the election.
“If they lose the election nobody should call my name. I have told the candidate, you will lose this election and you will win this election because of the people around you. Anybody who knows me knows that if I was going to court, I would have gone to court within two weeks after the primaries because it is a pre-election matter and after two weeks you can’t go to the court.”
He denied using Atiku and the PDP over the party’s presidential primary, and he got applause for that from the national chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.
