Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged Rivers residents to vote for the presidential candidate of his choice in order to salvage his political career.
Wike, who made the statement on Saturday during the Peoples Democratic Party’s last campaign event in the state, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, underlined that he has asked PDP leaders in the state to inform the people who to vote for in the presidential election.
Though Governor Wike did not identify his favored presidential candidate, he stated that the battle for equality, fairness, and justice will lead the people in deciding who to vote for as president.
“We have instructed the leaders ward by ward. In our local government, the leaders will tell you what we have decided. If you want me to survive politically, follow the way we are going,” he said.
He, however, commended the Governors elected under the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for rotating power to the South.
He said, “We are going to vote for the unity of Nigeria. We are going to vote for equity fairness and justice. And that is why, I salute the APC Governors who came out to say look, for this country to be united, for this country to move together as a country, as one united country, there is need for power to shift.
“They were not greedy; they know that Nigeria is such a country that requires unity. Those who are greedy about power, you can get power and you will not have peace”.
