We Don’t Trust You, Northern Group Tells Wike

By Ugonna Opara

A socio-political group, Northern Youth Network (NYN), has described Governor Wike’s frequent visits to Northern Governors as suspicious and in view of the 2023 elections.

The group in a statement signed by its convener, Mallam Aliyu Abdulrahman, noted, “we know that governor Wike has never been a friend of the North and has never hidden his disgust for northerners and everything related to the North. He cannot therefore pretend to have the interest of northerners now because of his intention to impose a weak candidate from the North as the presidential candidate of the PDP.

“Over the years, we have watched Governor Wike denigrate the North and it’s heritage. Wike has consistently used demeaning words to refer to the Northerners. He has literarily referred to the North as illiterates and Almajiris.”

Abdulrahman warned those vying for the PresidencyPresidency in the North who think playing a second fiddle to Wike will win the ticket for them, to remember that the Governor is a bad politician.

In his words, “if Governors Tambuwal or Bala Muhammed would emerge as candidates, it is not Governor Wike who should tell the North. The North has all it takes to bring out a candidate. He is trying to be smart. He wants to be vice president to any northern candidate he selects and Chief of Staff to Ayim Pius Ayim if power moves to the south.”

The group insisted that Governor Wike has chased many people out of the PDP as a result of his high-handedness, arrogance, and domineering behaviour.
He re-emphasized that the Northern region has very experienced and accomplished politicians and elder statesmen who understand the demand of leadership without the input of Governor Wike.