The Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike has threatened to help his party, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lose the 2023 presidential election.
Wike issued the threat at the commissioning of the internal road in Omerelu community in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers on Thursday.
The governor who was responding to recent comments by the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu said the chairman is exhibiting arrogance.
His words, “Doctor Ayu said we are children. Yes, the children brought you from the gutter to make you chairman.
“Now we have seen that you don’t want the party to win election, we will help you.
“These children you said we are, that brought you from nothing.
“Ayu, you said you founded this party, but you left the party in 2007. You founded a company, you left the company, people stood and brought out the company to what it is today, you have no moral right to still come and claim that you founded that company, you left with your shares.
“You want to show integrity, you want to show a party to Nigeria that we want to take over, you must convince Nigerians that we have the integrity.
“You are the driver that will drive the vehicle to convey us to go our destination. That is the victory we are looking for.
“If the driver has no integrity and cannot show honesty, how do you convince Nigerians?
“If you tell Nigerians something and cannot do it, is it when you enter into power that you will do it?
“Nigerians have seen how ungrateful some of you can be, and that’s why Nigerians also want to be careful, if we give these people power, are you sure they will also be grateful to Nigerians”.
The PDP has a former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections. Wike had lost his presidential bid to Atiku.
Meanwhile, the party is currently in crisis over its choice of Delta State Governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa as its vice presidential candidate. Wike has reportedly asked Ayu to resign as national chairman for “peace to reign”.
Several committees has been set up to reconcile the aggrieved politicians, with Atiku meeting the Wike camp in London recently. But the Rivers governor has reportedly insisted on Ayu’s removal before he can work for Atiku.
