{"id":84302,"date":"2023-03-12T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerias-election-why-i-will-not-contest-for-president-again-gov-wike"},"modified":"2023-03-12T12:10:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T11:10:48","slug":"nigerias-election-why-i-will-not-contest-for-president-again-gov-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-election-why-i-will-not-contest-for-president-again-gov-wike","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s election: Why I will not contest for President again \u2013 Gov Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has declared that he is not going to run for the presidency again.<\/p>\n

Wike while addressing party supporters during the governorship election campaign rally, said power will shift to the North after eight years in the South.<\/p>\n

Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election but his closest challengers have gone to court to seek redress.<\/p>\n

Wike said the reason he fought for power to return to the South was not to become President, insisting that it was not about him but a matter of principle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not everyone that started a revolution that will benefit from it. I did it. I fought it and it doesn\u2019t matter. Whether I become President or not is immaterial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is material is that power has come to the South. It must not be me. It must not be me. It\u2019s a matter of principle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it finishes from the South, it goes to the North. I won\u2019t run again. Because the South will finish in eight years and it goes to the North. Because it\u2019s that principle of [power rotation] that brings peace. It\u2019s what brings unity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike had fought against the national body of his party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for fielding a northern candidate and ensured the party did not win the presidential election in Rivers State.<\/p>\n

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