Wike Reveals When G-5 Govs Will Unveil Preferred Presidential Candidate

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon reveal their preferred presidential candidate before the February 25th election.

Wike stated this on Tuesday at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Omagwa Town, in Ikwerre during the inauguration of the Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Local Government Campaign.

The governor stated that the G5 governors will soon conclude talks on their preferred candidate, urging the people of the state to wait for him to conclude discussions with his political allies.

Wike stated that the people of the state understood their political importance and would not play a second fiddle in the forthcoming poll, adding that Rivers people had been sensitised to vote for the candidates of PDP for governorship, Senate, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly.

He explained that the forthcoming elections would not leave room for any form of electoral manipulation and intimidation from security personnel.

The governor insisted that it would be a case of one man, one vote and no blackmail could thwart the collective resolve of the people on whom to support with their votes.

He said: “This time, no army will do anything. No Fakorode will do any thing. No police will do anything. Now, it is one man, one vote. All the votes must be in one basket from the governorship to the House of Assembly. The other one we are concluding. When we conclude, you will be told.

“Nobody should intimidate you. Nobody should tell you any story. We are free-born of this country. We are not second-class citizens. Nobody can tell us anything. I dare them. Let anybody do any funny thing, We’ll tell them we are from Rivers State.

“As we finish from here now, you’ll go home and start working before the appropriate time when we will ring the bell, when you hear the bell being rung, know that the decision has been taken”.

Wike explained that governance was not about storytelling but performance that translated into making living easier for the people and seeing them happy.

He said the successes of his administration would be continued by the consolidation team to be headed by the PDP Governorship Candidate, Siminialayi Fubara, and advised the people to elect him.