Governor Emmanuel Hits Wike, Calls Him Talkative, Says Nobody Betrayed Him

By Charles Igbo

“Nobody betrayed anyone. If we wanted a Southern President, it won’t be a talkative”

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, has hit hard on Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

Both Udom and Wike are Governors from the South-south. And both of them were Presidential aspirants in the just concluded Presidential Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar won with 371 votes. He beat Wike who scored 237 votes to the second place. Emmanuel scored 38 votes.

Since Wike lost, his anger has risen to high heavens. He holds Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, who stood down for Atiku partly responsible for his fate. But he holds his colleague- Governors in the South, and especially, the South-south, most responsible for his failure.

Speaking to Rivers State Political stakeholders on Monday, Wike said they betrayed him and the Zone. He said he was sabotaged by them. He said he decided to run based on an agreement reached by all of them that the Presidential seat should shift to the South. At the end, Wike said they betrayed the agreement. He said he has left them to history to judge them.

But Emmanuel, who was at all the meetings where the Southern Governors insisted on the rotation of the Presidential seat to the South, has taken  a swipe on Wike over his allegations.

Answering questions from reporters during which he addressed Wike’s strong allegations, Emmanuel dismissed the allegations as false.

He said nobody betrayed anybody. And he also said that if they wanted a Southern candidate, it will not be “a talkative” – obviously  referring to Wike.

Emmanuel: “Nobody betrayed anyone. If we wanted a Southern President, it won’t be a talkative.”