JUST IN: Wike drops hints on preferred presidential candidate
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has provided details about the presidential candidate he and his allies plan to support in the upcoming election.
He stated that the individual must be able to keep his word and will not break any agreement made with them.
On Wednesday, the Governor spoke in Rumuji-Odegwe town, where the Rivers chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a rally to launch its campaign in Emohua Local Government Area.
Wike advised a PDP stalwart, Ohna Sergeant Awuse, who had previously stated that party stalwarts in the state were anxiously awaiting his presidential election directive, to be patient.
He informed the leaders that he would soon finish negotiating with his political allies and inform them of his decision.
The governor said: “Chief Awuse has said, ‘we are tired of waiting’. Indeed, we are tired of waiting. But don’t worry. You’ve been patient. Your being patient will not be taken for granted. The bell will soon ring. When you hear the bell, listen to where the bell is coming from and go and do what you have been told to do.
“I can assure you all these buccaneers, all these vampires, we will teach them a lesson. All those who said Rivers State is not important, we’ll tell them that Rivers State is important. If you play with us, we’ll play with you. If they play with us, we’ll play with them. Enough is enough.
“So let me apologise and plead with Ohna, Nne-New-Eli Emohua Local Government, it is almost time, endure. Very soon you’ll hear and I can assure them, no going back.”
The Governor stated that he had been patiently waiting for those who had threatened him with expulsion from the PDP to carry out their threat.
He claimed that those issuing such threats were aware that the PDP was already polarized, and that taking such action against him and his allies would result in the party’s extinction.
The Rivers Governor asserted that the state possessed the muscle to deal with those he described as buccaneers and vampires who were already selling their conscience for pot of pottage.