The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he will
only support former President Goodluck Jonathan if he accepts the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket for the 2023 election.
Wike insisted he would snub the former President if he opts
to contest under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He stated this while speaking to BBC Pidgin at the weekend
in Port Harcourt.
Governor Wike explained that even Jonathan understands that
he would work against his ambition if Jonathan joins the APC and clinches the
party’s ticket to run for President in 2023.
He said: “I am a PDP member, if former President Goodluck
Jonathan picks a ticket to run in my party, I will support him. I can’t do
anti-party. But if he picks a ticket to run in APC, I won’t support him because
I can’t do anti-party.
“He knows I won’t support him in APC even if he is from the
south. I don’t do that kind of politics. It is the party we are talking about
and I don’t play ethnicity.”
However, the former President has remained coy over his
intentions to contest for president in 2023, despite widespread insinuations
that he may contest in 2023.
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