Sule Lamido, former
governor of Jigawa, has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to stop
complaining about the outcome of the presidential primary of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
Lamido spoke in an interview with THISDAY,
which was published on Sunday.
In May, former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar won the PDP presidential ticket after he polled
371 votes, while Wike, his closest challenger, secured 237 votes.
Prior to the selection of a running mate, many believed that Wike would be favoured by Atiku but the former VP picked Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta.
Explaining the rationale behind his decision, Atiku said
he chose someone he could work
with amicably.
Wike subsequently
reacted by saying the former vice-president “told many lies”.
Speaking on the development, Lamido, a PDP chieftain,
advised Wike to learn from Peter Odili, a former Rivers governor, who did not
get the PDP presidential ticket for the 2007 election.
Lamido also said Wike should emulate Vice-President Yemi
Osinbajo and Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, who both lost
the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary.
“A day to the PDP’s presidential convention, which Peter
Odili of Rivers State was bound to win and was also bound to win the
presidential election, he was stopped by the party which went on to nominate
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who did not even show interest,” Lamido said.
“He was promised a vice presidential ticket and yet he was
not given. He took everything as the mature man he is.
“Look at the APC, Vice-President Osinbajo was humiliated;
the senate president was also humiliated and even his countryman, Amaechi was
given the same treatment; they took it as mature men and did not go about
complaining as Wike is doing. This is called maturity.
“Do you know why?
This is because the party is supreme. You cannot be bigger than your party. Party
is organic. The convention has come and gone.
“Osinbajo, Lawan and Amaechi have shown maturity because
their party has spoken. If Wike is in the APC will he be talking and behaving
as he is doing now?
“When I say that the party is supreme, I mean that the PDP
is an organic party. Many people defected to the APC in 2015, but the PDP
remained strong because it is organic with root structures; it is not a one-man
party.
“Wike should show maturity as the matter is no longer between him and Atiku. Atiku is now the PDP candidate; whatever he is doing now is not a fight against Atiku but the party. The party made him.
“Let him learn from his former boss, Peter Odili. He will
tell him a story that is so touching because I have never seen a person who was
cheated on and who was so denied as Peter Odili.
“The man is so humble, so tolerant. I mean he is everything
good. Wike offered himself to be elected. I came from the old order that
respects political party culture. His candidate for the governorship in Rivers
state was imposed by him.
“Others wanted to be
governor; have they reconciled? The guy he imposed won the governorship ticket
at the congress. Who offended Wike? Did the convention offend Wike? How? There
is no reconciliation. He is a party man and after the convention, he said the
process was very credible. He said so.”
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