HomeLocal News2023 Presidency: Decision will be made public soon: Wike

2023 Presidency: Decision will be made public soon: Wike

Date:

Related stories

Kano commissioner withdraws surety for drug suspect Danwawu

Kano State Commissioner for Transportation, Alhaji Ibrahim Namadi, has...

Fake EFCC officials jailed in Kano

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial...

Kano govt sends 588 students to 15 states for exchange programme

The Kano State Government has dispatched 588 students to...

Kano commissioner secures bail for suspected drug dealer Danwawu

Kano State Commissioner for Transport, Ibrahim Namadi, has stepped...

Kano govt partners Federal Mortgage Bank to solve housing shortage

The Kano State Government has announced a new partnership...
spot_img

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will announce its presidential candidate for 2023 soon.

The governor made this known on Tuesday when he dedicated the Rukpokwu-Igwuruta Link Road in the state’s Obio-Akpor Local Government Area.

Wike urged the people of the state to vote for PDP candidates for governor, National Assembly, and state House of Assembly.

He did, however, tell the people that the decision on who the state will support in the presidential election on February 25, 2023, will be made after deliberations.

“Are you going to vote for our governor?” Will you cast your ballot for our Senatorial candidate? Will you vote for candidates for the House of Representatives? Will you vote for a candidate for the House of Assembly?” Wike addressed a large crowd of supporters who chanted “Yes.”

“Then I’ll come over to the other one and tell you where you’ll vote.” All I can say is don’t worry, relax, and remember to vote for the people I mentioned. We will meet very soon to decide where we are going,” he added.

Wike, a PDP governor who is feuding with his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had promised logistics support for the campaigns of the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who recently commissioned Rivers projects.

Last week, Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, an ally of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, told Wike that the former Lagos governor does not require logistical support, but rather the votes of Rivers residents.

With the 2023 presidential election just three months away, there are concerns that intra-party squabbles between Wike and Atiku over the chairmanship of Iyorchia Ayu will harm Wike’s chances in the polls next February.

Wike and four other PDP governors, known as the G5 or the Integrity Group, want Benue-born Ayu to step down in order for a southerner to take over the party’s dominance in the north.

While Wike and his allies have not campaigned for Atiku, it is unclear whether they will support any of the other front-runners, such as Obi, Kwankwaso, or Tinubu.

Subscribe

Latest stories

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here