Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has taken a soft swipe on the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar who led the PDP leaders on a “black unform” protest at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja over the outcome of the 2023 presidential elections held on 25th February.
Wike speaking at the commissioning of the Chokocho-Igbodo Road in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, he also reiterated on the party leadership’s insistence that northerners hold onto the presidential ticket and national chairmanship seat of the party.
He said, “While other people are demonstrating, I am commissioning projects. I have not gone to do demonstration; my own is to commission projects and make my people happy.”
The leader of the pre-election G-5 governors of the PDP eho fourth for justice, equity and fairness in the party also applauded the people for voting a southern President in the just-concluded elections.
According to him, Section 7(3)(c) of the PDP constitution recognised zoning and rotational presidency but the leadership of the party contravened the provisions of the party’s regulations.
“I owe nobody any apology at all. I am one of the apostles, one of those who stood firm that power must rotate to the South. This is for equity, this is for fairness and this is for justice.