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I Won’t Defect To APC – Wike

February 21, 2023
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I Will Not Join APC – Wike

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has maintained that he will never join the All Progressives Congress (APC), despite its governors’ decision to zone the presidency to the South.

The governor, who described the insinuations that he will defect to the APC as speculative, reiterated that he remains an unrepentant member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

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Governor Wike declared this at the 114th quarterly general meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt, the State capital, on Monday.

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He informed the Council ahead of Saturday ‘s presidential election, that he will be voting for only the candidate that can guarantee the unity of the country.

“I am not a member of APC and I will not be. But, they have made me to recognise that they are the heroes of this country. The governors came out to say look, for the unity of this country, Presidency should go to the south. The governors of APC said the way the county is, they want the unity of this country and therefore, the Presidency should go to the south.

“They could have as well said no, it doesn’t matter. As governors, we have the numbers. We can still say it should remain where it should remain. But they didn’t do that. They said the way we are seeing this country we want everybody to be together.

“Let no one say because I have the population, therefore, you will continue to dominate. In dominating, you need peace, without peace you cannot govern.”

Speaking on the crisis in PDP, Wike stated that Rivers State had helped to sustain PDP right from the era of former governor, Dr. Peter Odili, down to his administration. Therefore, he insisted that it is absolutely wrong for a section of the country to deny other people the opportunity to participate in presiding over the affair of the nation.

“We are all Nigerians and we want the unity of this country. We want Nigeria to move forward as a united country. Rivers State has always been in support of one Nigeria and we’ll continue to support one Nigeria. But in doing that, we believe in equity, we believe in justice, we believe in fairness. As the governor of this State, I will vote for the unity of this country. I will vote for anything that will unite Nigeria.- Wike Said

 

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