Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the ongoing campaign
for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state does not
include the party’s presidential candidate.
Wike said this on Tuesday in Bonny Town during the local
government campaign flag-off rally that was organised by the Rivers state PDP
campaign council.
He said the reason there’s no campaign for the party’s
presidential candidate is that he was not asked to campaign.
“Go home and have it on your mind that the PDP in Rivers
state, we have taken governorship, we have taken the senatorial, we have taken
the house of representatives, and we have taken the house of assembly,” he
said.
“That is the election
we are doing here. These are the ones (candidates) who told me to come and
campaign for them. No other person told me to campaign for him.
“I can’t force myself to campaign for you when you have not
asked for it. These ones (candidates) have told me, so, I’ve come here to
campaign.
“If somebody asks you to work for him, you’ll work for him.
But if they don’t want you to work for them, will you force them?”
The governor said all residents in the state should be
assured that no intimidation can cause the political path that has been so
chosen to change.
“Any person who says Rivers state is not important, we will
pepper him. Anybody who says he doesn’t regard Rivers state, we would not
regard such person,” he said.
“There’s nothing like propaganda, nothing like intimidation
because nobody can intimidate us. We are very, very solid. We are very strong.
“No state can point at us to determine what will happen
here. Nobody can do such. So, be bold to say, I’m from Rivers state, I live in
Rivers, and I am happy with Rivers. What is important is our state which we
have collected.”
Wike’s comment comes amid the crisis in the PDP over calls
by the Rivers governor and his allies for Iyorchia Ayu to step down as national
chairperson of the party.
The Rivers governor and his allies, who have insisted that
the party’s national chair and presidential candidate cannot be from the same
region, have excluded themselves from the PDP presidential campaign.
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