Atiku Disrespected Me And The Entire Rivers State – Wike

The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, claimed on Monday that PDP presidential contender Atiku Abubakar had disrespected him and the whole Rivers people by choosing the state’s PDP presidential campaign nominees without consulting him.

The governor made the statement while establishing the PDP’s governorship campaign office in Port Harcourt, the state capital, and inaugurating the PDP campaign council. He added that Atiku chose “enemies” of Rivers for his campaign council for the 2023 general elections.

Wike emphasized that the absence of Atiku’s and the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, from the state’s PDP campaign materials was due to the state’s opposition to his running for the party at the federal level.

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“Some people have asked me why they haven’t seen the presidential candidate’s picture and the party chairman’s. I said what are you talking about? The presidential candidate entered my state and picked members of the presidential council without a whole (sic) governor of a state having a contribution,” he said.

“The presidential candidate entered Rivers State and picked those he wants to pick without my contribution. So, they said they don’t need me to campaign for them, that they don’t need Rivers people to campaign for them. Will you force yourself?

“I have never seen how people will disrespect a state like Rivers State and go and choose those who are enemies of the state without our contributions.”

Speaking on who he and his team will campaign for in the forthcoming election, Wike said they will only campaign for the party’s governorship candidate, the senatorial candidates, and others who carried them along.

“If they want us to be involved in the campaign, they will come and tell us. If he (Atiku) thinks we are important, they will come and meet us,” the governor maintained, adding that nobody can intimidate Rivers when he is still governor of the state.