A non-governmental organisation, Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, has revealed that the recent visit of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on the invitation of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, was beyond project commissioning as widely publicised.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the group, Ifeanyi Okechukwu, in a statement on Wednesday, stated that the decision to commission the Rivers State governor to undermine the PDP’s and Labour Party’s petitions was on account of the fact that Governor Wike is perceived as not minding to commit his last blood in ensuring that Atiku is not declared the real winner of the 2023 presidential election for obvious reasons.
“Indeed, there is high expectation on Governor Wike to use the advantage of the fact that his wife and Rivers State First Lady, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Wike, in whose honour one of the buildings commissioned by Tinubu was named, to network the judiciary for the purpose of discounting the merit in the PDP’s and Labour’s petitions.
“The invitation of Tinubu by Governor Wike to come and commission judiciary building projects was to provide a ground for the Tinubu team to meet with Wike and seal the deal with him.
“In particular, they believe that Wike has what it takes to undermine the petition by the PDP and Atiku, which they’ve adjudged as the most potent.
“It is their considered position that for as long as Wike remains Atiku’s albatross, the Rivers State Governor is more fitted for the task of liquidating the petition by Atiku,” Okechukwu stated.
He added that there is palpable apprehension in the camp of the APC and Tinubu because of the potential merits in Atiku’s and Obi’s cases before Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
