Wike Promises Kwankwaso Logistic Support For Campaign In Rivers State;  Says Remember Rivers If You Win

By Akinwale Kasali

Less than a week after promising Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, Logistics Support in Rivers State for his Presidential Campaign, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has also promised same to New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Presidential Candidate, Rabiu  Kwankwaso.

Wike, one of the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor on Monday pledged to support, with logistics, the presidential candidate of the former Kano State Governor when he visits Rivers State for his campaigns.

But he made a request from Kwankwaso. He told the Presidential candidate not to forget Rivers State if he wins and becomes the President in 2023.

The PDP Governor had invited Kwankwaso to inaugurate the Mgbutanwo Internal Roads in Emohua Local Government Area of the state.

The Rivers State Governor called Kwankwaso a friend and a man of integrity, stressing further that he was one of the few people that met Kwankwaso, who was a former PDP member, not to leave the party because he knew he was an asset to the PDP, especially in Kano State.

He said, “I remember when I went to meet you in your house in Abuja to plead with you not to leave the party (PDP) because I knew you were an asset to the party. Even when they told me to leave you alone, I refused.

“I have known you and I know you are a man of integrity so I want to say that whenever you want to campaign in Rivers State, I will provide you with all your logistics, just let me know when you want to come.”

It would be recalled that Wike had earlier described Obi as a man that had all the characteristics to lead Nigeria.

This development has further raised doubt on the loyalty of Wike who has been romancing other Political Parties at the expense of his Party, PDP.

Wike has been at loggerheads with the Party since the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the PDP Presidential Candidate, which didn’t augur well with Wike and other Four Governors in the Party leading to the emergence of G5 (Aggrieved Governors), who have recently formed the Integrity Group.