Why Wike Should Shun Atiku, Tinubu, Back Peter Obi

The Non-Indigenes Association in Rivers State has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to back the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt, chairman of the association, Felix Ogbegbor, asked Wike to shun the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and that of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.

The group stated that they decided to back the presidential candidate of the Labour Party based on his antecedents as governor of Anambra State.

While insisting that Peter Obi had better plans for the country, Ogbegbor said that among the three candidates fielded by the APC, PDP, and LP, Peter Obi stood as the best.

He said: “I think Peter Obi is the best person that Wike should support. Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu don’t have anything to offer.

“If you look at it, Atiku, when he was the Vice President, was busy buying Nigeria. Tinubu is out of the race because he bought the whole of Lagos as a governor.

“If Atiku and Tinubu cannot step down, Wike should support Peter Obi. We don’t need an elderly person in that office again. The others are above 70, and we don’t need them. If Wike supports Obi, we will be right behind him.”

He also commended Governor Wike for delivering meaningful projects to the people of Rivers State.

He said: “The governor of Rivers State is a pride to the people. Wike has all it takes to be Nigeria’s president. We are here to support a young man who knows what it takes to please his people.

“For the past seven years, we have not seen the kind of development Wike is driving in Rivers. He always attracts good things to Rivers State.

“He is not doing it because of himself but for the state. We have decided to follow him. Whatever he says we should do is what we will do. What person he wants to vote, we will vote, anywhere he goes we will go.”