I Commend APC Governors For Supporting Southern Presidency – Wike

I Commend APC Governors For Supporting Southern Presidency – Wike

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has praised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for upholding the rotational presidency and power shift to the South.

Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of the Akpabu-Egbeda road in the Emohua Local Government Area (APC) on Friday, described himself as one of the apostles of power shift, stating that support for a southern president was based on Nigeria’s unity and oneness rather than political parties.

Bola Tinubu of the APC was declared the winner of the presidential election on March 1, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finished second.

The Rivers governor, a PDP member, had refused to back Atiku’s campaign, stating that the party’s constitution prohibited one region of the country from producing both the presidential candidate and the national chairman.

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“I thank and commend the people of Emohua local government for standing firm to support the southern presidency,” he said.

“I did say as one of the apostles of power shift, I maintain it has nothing to do about the party (sic). It has to do with the unity of Nigeria; it has to show the oneness of Nigeria.

“That is why I commend the APC governors who came out boldly to say despite the fact that they are in power, they said no, this country we are all one.”

According to Wike, the country must continue to be one, and if that is the case, power must shift to the South.

“I commend them [APC], so whether you voted for [Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter] Obi or you voted for Asiwaju [Tinubu], I have no problem with you, as far as you stood for the southern presidency,” he added.

Wike urged people to defend their polling units against bullying and ballot box snatching ahead of the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections.

The Rivers governor promised that because he won “three over three” in the senatorial elections on February 25, he would also win the state’s 32 assembly seats.

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