The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State lacks courage to openly to sell the candidacy of All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu.¹
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications Mr. Phrank Shaibu, while reacting to Wike’s response over the cancellation of Atiku’s presidential rally in his state, Wike could not deliver his polling unit at unit 7, ward 9 in Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State.
He said, “Even the dead know that the APC can never win in Rivers State. Wike cannot deliver his polling unit to Tinubu. He is aware of this and that is why he is not bold enough to come out to ask the people of the state to vote for Bola Tinubu.
“At least Rotimi Amaechi was man enough to dump the PDP and defect to the APC in 2015 and openly campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari against his kinsman, President Goodluck Jonathan. Wike said he would announce his preferred candidate in January 2023 and nothing has been said till date”
“Wike dared the PDP leadership to expel him. After making this statement, he quickly ran to court to secure the PDP from suspending or expelling him.” he said.
Atiku’s aide alleged that Wike’s only strategy was to give some miscreants money to foment violence on the day of election in order to suppress the voter turnout and mitigate Tinubu’s loss.
“In the 2019 election, Rivers State witnessed the highest incidents of violence. This time again, Rivers has witnessed more violence than terror-ravaged communities in Somalia.
Atiku’s aide called on the Nigeria Police Force, the military and other agencies of government to give special attention to Rivers State by deploying additional boots on the ground that will boost the security of Rivers State during and after elections.
Continuing, Shaibu said that Wike should be ashamed that after he had openly denigrated the APC has a cancerous political party, which he can never be part of, “is the same Wike, who is not only embracing the APC timidly but also promoting the candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu – a man who should not be on the ballot in the first place.”
Shaibu called on the people of Rivers to tarry a while as freedom from the captivity that represents the eighth years of Wike’s tyranny will soon come to a glorious end.
