“I owe nobody apology, I’m happy presidency has returned to South — Wike mocks Atiku for protesting at INEC office 

“I owe nobody apology, I’m happy presidency has returned to South, Wike mocks Atiku for protesting at INEC office 

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday took a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who led leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on a protest at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.

Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of Chokocho-Igbodo Road in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, said he warned the leadership of the party over its insistence that northerners hold onto the presidential ticket and national chairmanship seat of the party.

According to him, Section 7(3)(c) of the PDP constitution recognised zoning and rotational presidency, but the leadership of the party contravened the provisions of the party’s regulations.

He said:

“I owe nobody any apology at all. I am one of the apostles, one of those who stood firm that power must rotate to the South. This is for equity, this is for fairness and this is for justice.

“Whether you voted for Labour, I have no problem with you. Whether you voted for APC, I have no problem with you. That is what we have argued for: that the north has had it for eight years. Therefore the south must be there for eight years,” he said.

The Rivers governor also commended the people for voting a southern president in the just-concluded elections.