BREAKING: Huge Revelation As Wike Replies Peter Obi’s Comment On Working Against Him In Presidential Election

BREAKING: Huge Revelation As Wike Replies Peter Obi’s Comment On Working Against Him In Presidential Election

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has denied working against Labour Party candidate Peter Obi in the February 25 presidential election.

Obi, 61, who galvanised young voters in an unprecedented manner in less than a year, finished the race with 6,101,533. He was beaten by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 6,984,520 votes.

Some Nigerian youths have accused Wike of betraying Obi following his defeat by Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

During a press conference with selected journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Wike stated that he only advised the people of Rivers State to vote for Nigeria’s unity.

Wike accused Obi of being ungrateful, recalling how he picked him to be the running mate to Atiku in the 2019 general elections.

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“I take exception to Peter Obi’s comments that I came out against him. People are not being sincere, people are not appreciative,” he stated.

“In 2019, ask Peter Obi, I was one of the teams that chose Obi to be the Vice Presidential candidate of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. When we met at Abubakar’s house, he said these are the names, I will choose Obi.

“Obi was invited while we were at Saraki’s house in the night. I was fought by people like Ekweremadu, Umahi, Pius Anyim. Every blame was on me, why will I be the one that will say Peter Obi should go?”

Following his fallout with Atiku following the PDP primaries that produced the former Vice President as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, Wike and his G-5 cronies demanded Senator Iyorchia Ayu’s resignation.

PDP National Chairman Ayu is from Benue in North Central Nigeria, while Atiku is from Adamawa in North Eastern Nigeria.

The G-5 governors are made up of five disgruntled PDP governors. Other candidates include Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

They argued that Ayu should resign in accordance with the PDP zoning agreement for the sake of equity and justice. However, the governors’ demands were ignored, leading them to oppose Atiku’s presidential bid.

Tinubu defeated Atiku in the oil-rich state despite being controlled by the PDP, according to the results of the February 25 presidential elections.

Wike stated during the interview that he never told Rivers people to work against Obi for Tinubu. He explained that he told his people to vote for Nigeria’s unity instead.

“I never told Rivers people to vote for the candidate (of the APC). I told Rivers people (to vote) for the unity of Nigeria.

“As far as Rivers State is concerned, their position is that ‘look, we want a power shift.’ And there are two candidates from the South – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi. If Rivers people have chosen to vote for Asiwaju, and same Rivers people also voted for Peter Obi. That tells you that their decision was to vote for a Southern President.”

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