Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to back his presidential bid, claiming that he is the strongest candidate to unseat the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC).
Wike disclosed this on Sunday in Makurdi, when he paid a visit to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom.
Wike stated that he was announcing his candidacy for the presidency for the first time in Benue.
“To remove APC from power, I am the person who can tell them `enough is enough’.
“We must take this power and I am ready to take it for PDP and I know that God is with us that is why APC keeps failing every day.”
“I call on stakeholders to give me their mandate and not to sell their votes because I have the capacity to face this APC government,” Wike said.
He bemoaned the fact that some PDP founding fathers left the party but still wanted to be recognized, pointing out that by the time they left, they had sold their founder fathers’ shares.
“They can no longer retain their position of founding fathers.
“I stood and worked for this party since 1998. I have nowhere to run to and that is why anything that happens to this party I take it personally.
“In 2015, those who ran away made us lose the elections. Today, they are crying but some of us stood and said PDP will not die.
“Some people want to use Nigeria to buy back their personal businesses.
“They talk about the private sector. Everybody is an employer of labour. Even in my house, I have 50 people who feed on me,” Wike said.
He said that he had performed well as a governor and that he carried himself with his shoulders held high wherever he went.
He also claimed to be capable of moving the country ahead.
If elected, Wike promised that security would be his primary concern.
Ortom had previously praised Wike’s contributions to Benue, particularly his work with displaced people in 2018.
He said that because he had sowed seeds and would reap, the people of the state would accept his ambition.
Ortom stated that he was a forerunner of the Southern presidency, emphasizing that he still stands in the Southern presidency.
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