2023: “Mark It, I Will Quash Every Gang-up Against Me” – Wike

By Adesina Soyooye

Presidential aspirant and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says he would quash every gang-up against his aspiration. “Watch me today, Mark my words, I will quash them.

Wike is aspiring to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari under the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Addressing some Party delegates in the run-up to the PDP Presidential Primary on March 28, 2022, scheduled to  hold at the Eagle Square, Abuja, Wike asked the delegates to follow him.

“Follow me. Let’s go to the Eagle Square on March 28. Everything is Wike. As they give you the ballot, it is  Wike. If anybody touches you ask: Are you Wike? Don’t touch me if you are not Wike. Do you understand what I am saying? Wike! What did I say? Wike! Do you here me? Wike!”

He told them to watch him and mark his words. “I will quash them”, he boasted. “They think there is no God.”

Controversy surronds where the PDP will zone the Presidential ticket. While there is a strong clamor for it to be zoned to the South, there is a strong speculation that the Committee set up by the Party to look into the Zoning of offices and make recommendations, has thrown open the Presidential seat. The Committee was headed by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.

Meanwhile, a number of the Presidential aspirants under the PDP, have been meeting in a bid to reach a consensus. It has not yet worked as all of them are scrambling for votes from delegates.