Kelvin Ebiri, spokesperson of Nyesom Wike, governor of
Rivers state, says his principal never mentioned the name of Bola Tinubu,
presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), during his
recent media chat.
Wike was quoted as saying Tinubu advised him to contest for
a seat in the senate in the wake of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
presidential primary.
Speaking during the interview on Friday, Wike had said he
rejected the suggestion.
Clarifying his remarks in a statement on Saturday, Ebiri
noted that Wike said “people” gave him the advice — and not Tinubu as reported.
“To lay the facts
bare, we have decided to include herein the transcript of what governor Wike
said concerning senatorial form,” Wike’s spokesperson said.
Ebiri added that at no point during the interview did the
Rivers governor mention the APC standard bearer.
The statement also rehashed Wike’s remarks during the
televised media chat.
“First of all, this
is how you know those who are prepared to run an election. Some of them
collected presidential form at the same time collected senatorial form. You’ll
know that those people are not serious to run,” Wike was quoted as saying.
“I never collected senatorial form. Even after the whole
thing, people said come and go for Senate, I said no. I won’t do that. I’ve
already made a commitment that this Senate ticket should be zoned to this area
(Etche) because they’ve never had it before. I must not be in power.”
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com