Why I Promised To Back Peter Obi’s Presidential Campaign – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed why he openly declared logistics support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.

Recall that Wike had last week Thursday pledged to support Obi’s presidential campaign with logistics.

The governor disclosed this while Obi was commissioning a flyover in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The Rivers governor opined that the LP presidential candidate has all the attributes of being the next president of Nigeria in 2023.

“Each time you want to campaign in the state, let me know, all the logistics support, we will give to you.

“I know you as a person, you have all the criteria, you have all the characteristics to lead this country, you have it. Nobody can deny that,” Wike told Obi.

Reiterating his pledge while speaking on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Wike explained that Peter Obi was a former governor, hence the need to support him with logistics during his presidential campaign in Rivers.

He, however, warned that the Labour Party would not win any political position in the state.

Wike said: “I have no regret in saying I will support Obi with logistics. He is a former governor, and if he is coming to campaign here, I will give him logistics support.

“I will give him vehicles, and security; I must give him logistics support. And I told him yesterday that his party will not get even one position in Rivers, not House of Assembly; there is no other party in Rivers. The only party we have here is PDP, Rivers State chapter.”