Tag: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike

PDP Presidential Primary: “How Southern governors betrayed me” — Wike breaks silence

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has blamed governors of the South-South geo-political zone for his defeat at the Peoples Democratic Party Party, (PDP), presidential primary on Saturday. This was stated yesterday by Wike, when he addressed PDP supporters in Rivers State. Wike, who was considered a favourite to clinch the opposition party’s ticket eventually lost to Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice-president. Atiku polled 371 votes to officially emerge the winner of the primary election, while Wike came second with 237 votes. Former senate president Bukola Saraki had 70 votes, to…

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N96bn Alleged Fraud: Wike, Rivers leaders set to meet, decide Amaechi, Cole, others’ fate

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that leaders of the State would meet to decide on whether to commence criminal prosecution of the former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, over the alleged fraudulent sales of some valued State assets and diversion of State funds. The governor said those whose fate would also be decided during the meeting, would include, Tonye Cole, Sahara Energy Ltd, and former Rivers State Commissioner for Transport, George Tolofari. Wike, who gave this indication during a media parley attended by Rivers elders in Abuja, last…

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‘Nigeria was never divided as it is under APC, Buhari’ – Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor and a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Nyesom Wike, has said Nigeria has never been divided as it currently is under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Wike, who addressed delegates of the party in Lokoja on Wednesday, said the ruling APC has plunged the country into a deep hole to the extent that only a president with great character and political strength will harness all available human resources with close supervision to pull the country out. The…

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2023: IPOB warns Wike to stay away from S’East

Aminu Imam

…Counts his sins against Ndigbo The members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), have warned the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to stay clear of the South-East in his bid to become the president of Nigeria in the 2023 general elections. Giving reasons for the warning, the Biafran agitators said Wike had, on many occasions in the past, denied having any links with the region, wondering why he would now want to come there to campaign and canvas for votes. In an issued statement yesterday, signed by…

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“I’d appoint you president if I had the power” – Makarfi tells Wike

Aminu Imam

A former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, says if he had the power, he would make Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, the president of Nigeria. The former governor, who spoke on Monday, when Wike visited Kaduna State for consultations concerning his presidential ambition, said he would have done this because of Wike’s contributions to the “survival” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during its trying moments. According to Makarfi, many people contributed to the PDP in so many ways, “but there is no single individual who contributed as…

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Wike donates N200m to Kaduna IDPs

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday donated N200 million to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kaduna State for their upkeep. Wike made the donation when he visited the State secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna, as part of his campaign tour to seek for the party’s ticket for the 2023 presidential poll. According to him, “We must not be sentimental about winning the 2023 election. We need people who are courageous and competent to win the election come 2023 and this we will do when you give…

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2023 Presidency: “Only death can make me step down” – Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that he will not step down from the 2023 presidential race. Wike, who is a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) said this during an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Pidgin service. It had earlier been reported that some chieftains of the PDP had demanded that the presidential candidate of the party should be picked through consensus. However, Wike said only death would make him step down for another PDP candidate in the 2023 presidential election. When asked if…

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Presidential primary: Wike warns PDP NWC

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned members of the Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to avoid favouring any aspirant in the conduct of the party’s forthcoming presidential primary. He stated this while speaking to members of the NWC at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, on Tuesday. Wike also charged them to expect litigations and never undermine them when they are secured, but to rather work hard either to vacate them or reconcile the aggrieved persons. “As an…

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2023: ‘Nigerian Presidency shouldn’t be limited to cabal members’ – Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that leading Nigeria should not be limited to a cabal membership. Wike disclosed this while speaking during his meeting with stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo State, on Thursday, According to him, “Leadership should not be a cabal thing. We must have a candidate who listens to the grassroots. I have the capacity to face the APC in 2023. “Give me the ticket and have confidence that we will take over power in May 2023″. “Don’t allow anybody to disabuse…

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Worsening Insecurity: “It’s hard to believe Buhari is in charge of Nigeria” – Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that it is hard to believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is truly in charge of affairs of Nigeria, given the intractable insecurity situation in parts of the country and poor performance of the economy. Wike stated this when he met with members of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), delegates at the party’s secretariat in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Tuesday, as part of his ongoing consultation ahead of the party’s presidential primary next month. However, he assured that if he is elected, he…

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