Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship aspirant in Kogi
State, Dino Melaye, has revealed how the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike,
allegedly begged him to ensure Atiku Abubakar picked him as his running mate.
After losing the party’s presidential primary to Atiku last
year, Wike had refused to work with the party’s candidate, saying the embattled
chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, should step aside.
Wike, in collaboration with other four governors had
insisted that they would not allow the candidate of the party and the PDP
chairman to be northerners.
But, Dino Melaye said Wike was only fighting Atiku because
the latter chose Gov Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate despite entreaties from
Wike.
Melaye alleged that Wike called him about 19 times in two
hours, appealing to him to convince Atiku to announce him as the vice
presidential candidate.
He added that the refusal of the former Vice President to
yield to Wike’s request brought about the plot against him in the just concluded
February 25 presidential election.
Melaye was reacting to a comment by Wike that the former
senator would never be the governor of Kogi State.
Speaking in an interview on AIT, Melaye said: “Wike has no
iota of integrity. Wike was calling me when Atiku Abubakar was to announce his
running mate. I have records and I’m going to print them out. I’m waiting for
him. He called me 19 times in two hours, begging us to convince Atiku Abubakar
to make him the vice presidential candidate.
“He was at the airport. I have the video. He spent hours in
the airport waiting for me to call him that Atiku Abubakar has picked him as
the running mate. He was at the airport here waiting, calling me. I have
witnesses. He was begging, promising heaven and earth that Atiku should
announce him. It was around 1 or so that I called him that, Oga, nobody go give
you vice president. That’s when he left and flew back.”
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