{"id":62623,"date":"2022-04-05T16:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-dont-pick-your-successor-primate-ayodele-warns-wike"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:00:09","slug":"rivers-dont-pick-your-successor-primate-ayodele-warns-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-dont-pick-your-successor-primate-ayodele-warns-wike","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Dont pick your successor \u2013 Primate Ayodele warns Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church on Monday warned Governor Nyesom Wike about picking his successor in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Ayodele warned Wike not to pick a successor who would become his enemy.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by his Media Aide, Oluwatoyin Osho, the clergyman noted that Wike should seek the face of God in choosing the next governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Ayodele said Wike\u2019s successor is around him but the governor could choose the wrong person if care isn\u2019t taken.<\/p>\n<p>Prophet Ayodele said: \u201cThe next governor of Rivers State is around you, don\u2019t pick the wrong person who will become your enemy, seek the face of God in everything you are doing, try to harmonize, bring everyone together to retain the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t do the right thing, those you depend on will betray you, work in accordance with your party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also warned the Peoples Democratic Party, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, against endorsing a consensus candidate for the party\u2019s presidential ticket in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Ayodele said the party\u2019s national chairman would be fought by those who installed him because of what they want him to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>He advised the party to make its presidential ticket open instead of consensus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who installed the chairman of the party will begin to fight him, what they want him to achieve is very difficult. If he wants a successful tenure, he must be very transparent. PDP should throw their presidential ticket open irrespective of any agenda, consensus is not the right thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church on Monday warned Governor Nyesom Wike about picking his successor in 2023. Ayodele warned Wike not to pick a successor who would become his enemy. 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