{"id":70314,"date":"2022-08-16T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atikus-running-mate-how-rivers-elders-ganged-up-against-me-wike"},"modified":"2022-08-16T16:06:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:06:02","slug":"atikus-running-mate-how-rivers-elders-ganged-up-against-me-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atikus-running-mate-how-rivers-elders-ganged-up-against-me-wike","title":{"rendered":"Atiku\u2019s running mate: How Rivers elders ganged-up against me \u2013 Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed how some elders of the State ganged up against him because they didn\u2019t scale through the primary to be the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.<\/p>\n

Wike explained that some of them, who indicated interest to fly the party\u2019s flag but failed, went to mobilise in Abuja to make sure that he did not emerge as the running mate of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP.<\/p>\n

The governor disclosed this during the 74th birthday reception organised to honour a former governor of Rivers, Dr. Peter Odili, at his residence in Old Government Residential Area, Port Harcourt, on Monday.<\/p>\n

Wike said, \u201cOn my last birthday, 12 midnight, one of our elders called me saying that they want to see me. They came to me and said they came to wish me a happy birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, they presented me with a letter that I should run for President. All of them, including Dr. Abiye, signed the document.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said \u2018okay, you people too should go and give me someone who will be governor after me.\u2019 They all sat there, looking left and right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked them, \u2018those of you who are interested to be governor should raise your hands.\u2019 Everybody raised their hand. One person didn\u2019t raise his hand, Senator Bari Mpigi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked why he was not interested, he replied, \u2018sir, let me hold what God has given me. I don\u2019t want to lose the two.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike added, \u201cSome people don\u2019t know the history. They go and tell all kinds of stories. But the truth is this: all of them (elders) signed the document prepared by O.C.J. Okocha that whoever I will bring, they\u2019ll abide by it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now, they went to Abuja, that I must not be vice president. I also read yesterday when I was in Paris, one of them saying that I told him that if they do to me what they did to Dr. Odili, that I\u2019ll collapse the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not an ungrateful person and I\u2019ll never be ungrateful in my life. What is important is that I\u2019ve done well as a governor. I\u2019m happy and I am leaving the office a happy man.\u201d<\/p>\n

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