Remove Wike before elections, PCC spokesman tells FG 

Before the 2023 general elections, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike should be fired, according to Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson for the People’s Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council. 

The removal of the state governor, according to Bwala, who spoke on Arise TV on Wednesday, is the only way to end the state’s PDP crisis.

 He also suggested that the federal government declare a state of emergency in Rivers. 

According to Bwala, Wike’s actions could prevent the state’s upcoming elections from being held in a free and fair manner. 

He said, “If the chief executive officer of the state cannot allow a free and fair conduct, then the proper thing to do is to declare a state of emergency, remove him and conduct election there and this wouldn’t be new in Nigeria.”

Bwala said that Wike’s antics may deter free and fair conduct of the forthcoming elections in the state.

Speaking further, Bwala said that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would win the presidential election even in Rivers State, adding the PDP cancelled its presidential rally in the state is to “avoid bloodshed.”

He added that Atiku, when he wins the elections, will go to Rivers State to celebrate with its people.

Bwala further stated that the state had leaders who would ensure Atiku wins. Mentioning the party’s former National Chairman, Uche Secondus, as “people that matter to deliver votes,” Bwala noted that such leaders had consistently delivered votes for Atiku when he ran in the past adding that “they are the ground soldiers who know the people at the base.”

The Rivers State Governor, Wike along with four other PDP governors; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu; Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia; Samuel Ortom, Benue; and Seyi Makinde, Oyo State, have consistently demanded the resignation of the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as a prerequisite to supporting Atiku in the forthcoming polls, stating that the national chairman and the presidential candidate should not be from one region of the country, which in this case is the North.