Governor Wike Accuses Alhaji Atiku Abubakar For Frustrating PDP Micro Zoning to South East

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has taken a swipe against those accusing him and Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State of frustrating the micro zoning of PDP presidential ticket to south East

Governor wike said he has always supported the motion of the presidential candidate and ticket should be zoned to south East

Governor wike made this statement when he flagged off itu bridge head off Akpabu-Odido Road in Emohua Local Government Area on Monday

“I was among the Governor who campaign that the chairmanship should be zoned to North because I believe the presidential candidate should come from the south”

I was officially invited for the southern Governors of All Progressive Congress (APC), People’s Democratic Party and other parties from Delta State, Lagos and Enugu state, were we all agreed on one thing, that the presidency should come from the south

The Governor also said that while southern cross party consultations were going on, there were people in the PDP who were bent on frustrating the eventual zoning of the party presidential ticket to the south.

Such people, he maintained, cannot immediately turn around to cast blame on him and Governor Samuel Ortom to hide their scheme thinking they will deceive Nigerians

“This morning when I woke up, I read were they wrote how Wike and Ortom frustrated the micro-zoning of presidential ticket South East. I know this is what the presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku said”

“I have been saying this for a while, that they will be contradicting themselves, telling lies up and down as if they are kids. Thinking that Nigerians don’t know. How can they say I influenced Samuel Ortom, told him to allow and throw the ticket open?

Governor Nyesom Wike further said, “Nigerians knows those who are opposed to zoning of the party’s chairmanship first.

“And we the zoning committee was set up, this time, Atiku had gone to buy form to frustrate the recommendation of the zoning committee.

So after they have bought form, they would say, oh there is no need of zoning, will tell people to withdraw?

Gimmick is now hurting them because they were unfair to Nigerians.

“Yes, you don’t like Ortom, no problem. I know my own, you don’t like me, no problem. But I, and Rivers People in 2019 provided all logistics and gave him the highest number of vote

“You can’t deceive every Nigerians again. What I have stood for is equity, fairness and justice.

“So saying that I and Governor Samuel Ortom frustrated PDP micro zoning to South East is nether here nor there. They just don’t want presidency to come from the South East

The state Governor urged the presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku to leave him out of the attendant challenges he is facing in the party.

Governor wike also stated that a bad product is also difficult to sell, otherwise former President Olusegun Obasanjo would have recommended Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to Nigerians having worked together with him.

But, instead of doing so, the former President chooses to endorsed and presidential candidate from Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi.

The Rivers State Governor also said, if former President Obasanjo had refused to recommend Alhaji Atiku, then there is something wrong with his style of leadership.