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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that he didn\u2019t reject the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n

Atiku said this while reacting to the controversy surrounding the choice of his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, and why he did not pick Wike.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday morning, Atiku said he only picked who he felt could deliver among the nominees that were presented to him.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI didn\u2019t reject Wike, I picked who can deliver. Wike is brilliant and tenacious.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing by history, I picked an Igbo as running mate in 2007, in 2019. I still picked an Igbo as running mate for 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe committee that presented the three nominees was chaired by the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. They recommended three people, so I picked one. People should be fair to me and state the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the possibility of resolving issues with Wike, Atiku said the party was talking to the governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are reaching out to Wike and talking to him, very soon, we will resolve our internal crises.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have contested this presidency a couple of times and I don\u2019t try to blame anybody, I accept the outcome or go to court,\u201d Atiku added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that he didn\u2019t reject the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. Atiku said this while reacting to the controversy surrounding the choice of his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, and why he did not pick Wike. 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