Kogi Guber: Wike Shades Melaye, Says He’s Too Unserious To Be Gov

Wike Vs Dino: Gov Says Senator Too Unserious To Be Kogi Helmsman
Senator Dino Melaye should bury the thought of becoming the governor of Kogi State, according to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state.

Wike and Melaye became sworn enemies after the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gave the presidential ticket to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against the governor’s wish.

Since then, Melaye have taken the side of Abubakar, using any opportunity available to attack Governor Wike.

The governor too has also not spared the former Senate Committtee Chairman on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, who he described as a comedian not good enough to hold public office.

Governor Wike’s comment, therefore, is considered the latest in the exchanges between the sworn political foes.

The attack on Melaye, according to those watching the fiasco is capable of working against the former senator who is planning to contest the gubernatorial election in the state, in a few months.

The incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello is expected to step down after the end of his two terms allowed by the constitution on November 11.

Melaye, the magazine learned has been seeking the support of some PDP leaders for his bid to get the party’s sole ticket to contest the election in order to rule the Confluence state as Kogi is widely known.
But Wike while lashing out at Melaye said the job of a governor is a more serious one, and that there is no room for gesters like Melaye for such a critical position.

The governor spoke during a media chat with select journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Tuesday.
“Dino does not have what it takes to be governor” Wike said, adding that he told the senator the plain truth when a former Senate President Bukola Saraki “brought” Melaye to him to seek his support for the Kogi plum job.

He said the ambition of the former senator suffered a big hit after his principal Abubakar lost the presidential election in February, adding that Melaye had planned to ride on the wings of the former Vice president to power, if he won the election.

Abubakar lost the presidential election to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by coming a distant second in the keenly contested election in which Governor Wike and other four PDP governors worked against their party.

The governors now known as G5 has refused to work for Abubakar due to irreconcilable difference with the party, including the decision of the PDP to retain Iyorcha Ayu as the National Chairman of the party.

Not a few insist that the election was for PDP to lose until the decision of Ayu to stay put in the party led to a serious division in Nigeria’s biggest opposition party.

In his response to suggestion that the PDP lost the election due to the rebellion of the aggrieved governors, Melaye said the G5 was not a factor in Abubakar ‘s loss to Tinubu.

According to him, “Wike should bury his head in shame and shut up. I warn him to stop insulting Atiku, enough is enough. Last warning. G-5 has no relevance in the just concluded presidential election.

“The G5 who could not deliver themselves for their senate bid cannot be the ones claiming glory in purported Atiku loss. Even Wike outside thuggery and coercion of INEC officials had nothing to contribute to APC votes in Rivers.”