Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has stated that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary that resulted in Alhaji Atiku Abubakar serving as the party’s candidate for the 2023 election was “fraudulently organised,”.
Governor Wike made the comments while Senior Vice Chairman/Editor-in-Chief Azu Ishiekwene was leading a delegation of the journalist to the Government House in Port Harcourt on Monday to present him with a nomination letter of award for the title of “Politician of the Year 2022.”
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According to Governor Wike, once voting had begun in the PDP primary election in May, a candidate was permitted to return to the podium and continue their campaign.
He maintained that there would not have been a problem if the candidate had been permitted to announce his resignation; instead, the delegates would have been told how to vote.
He emphasised that these were the same individuals who opposed the PDP presidential ticket’s zoning recommendation.
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He declared that no amount of threats would stop him from standing up for the equity, fairness, and justice-based truth that a southerner should hold the position of PDP national chairman.
Governor Wike issued a challenge to anyone claiming that Rivers State has benefited from its support of the PDP since 1999 in terms of projects.
Governor Wike contends that anyone claiming to be able to change the country when elected should first prove it within their own party.
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The governor argued that his contributions to the state, not those made in Abuja, are what give people such relevance, not those politicians who circle party candidates to gain attention.
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