Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has accused some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors for almost thwarting the desire for a southern Nigerian to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
Wike explained that he contested the PDP’s presidential primary last year because of his firm belief that the southerner should produce the next president of Nigeria.
He made the assertion while speaking at the Rivers State Students’ Community Town Hall meeting/interactive session at the Obi Wali International Conference centre, Port Harcourt.
The town hall meeting/interactive session was organised by the PDP Rivers State Campaign Council, directorate of mobilisation, sub-directorate on student mobilization.
Wike, while addressing the students said he did not have problem with any of them who voted for any of the two major presidential candidates from the south in the just concluded election.
According to him, what mattered most was that the presidential power would be shifting from the north to the south at the end of Buhari’s tenure.
He explained that why the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors adhered to the resolutions reached by southern Nigeria governors in Asaba, Lagos and Enugu respectively, their PDP counterparts acted otherwise.
“We agreed in Southern Nigeria, all of us as governors, we agreed, we said it doesn’t matter the party you belong to, whether you are in no party, whether you are in a party, whether you are in any organisation, power must come to the south. But we in PDP betrayed ourselves.”
Wike, who used the interactive session to acquaint the students of his numerous developmental achievements, urged them to support the PDP governorship candidate, Sir Siminialayi Fubara in Saturday’s election in order for the State to consolidate on the gains of his administration.
The governor advised the students not to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Mr Tonye Cole, whose company, Sahara Energy was used by the immediate past administration of governor Chibuike Amaechi, to embezzle $50 million from the Rivers State government’s account in Access Bank.
To recover the embezzled funds, the governor said the Rivers State Government had commenced the prosecution of both Amaechi and Cole in Court.
He advised Rivers people to resist any attempt by Amaechi, who squandered over N50 billion on less than one kilometre abandoned Mono-rail project, to hoodwink them to vote for Cole.
