Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to support his bid for the presidency.
Obi said this yesterday, during the inauguration of the Nkpolu Oroworukwo flyover in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital.
The LP candidate said he will ensure better opportunities for Rivers state if he’s elected president.
He commended Wike for his performance in Rivers, adding that Port Harcourt has the potential to be the “export city” of Nigeria and advised Wike to remain consistent in his principles, and said if the Rivers governor supports LP, the party’s chances will be improved in the 2023 elections.
Obi’s plea comes amid the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has seen Wike refusing to support Atiku Abubakar, his party’s presidential candidate.
Wike and his allies, which include four other governors, have excluded themselves from the PDP presidential campaign on the grounds that Iyorchia Ayu must resign as national chairman.
According to the PDP stakeholders calling for Ayu’s resignation, the party chairman and presidential candidate cannot be from the same region.
