By Charles Igbo
Even though he is of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, said he was not sure yet which Presidential candidate the State would vote for.
Wike has been at loggerheads with both the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar who defeated Wike at the Presidential Primary, and followed up by picking the Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as running mate, instead of the highly expectant Wike, and the National Chairman of the Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu. Wike holds Ayu responsible for his defeat, and along with members of his team, which includes four State Governors, want Ayu out of office in favour of a Southerner. They argue that both the National Chairman and the Presidential Candidate, cannot come from the same zone.
Since then, Wike and his team have distanced themselves from the activities of the Party, and have been in public romance with both the Presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, and thar of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi.
Speaking on Monday, Wike insisted that Rivers State has not made up its mind which Presidential candidate to vote for.
However, he said that all the PDP candidates from the State – National Assembly. Governorship, State Assembly – would win.
Wike: “PDP will win our State. I am not hiding it as far as the Governorship, Senate, House of Representatives, State Assembly are concerned. The other one (Presidency), we are yet to decide.”
On a number of times, Wike had more than hinted Atiku is not likely to win in Rivers State, and so have the Governors of Benue and Oyo States, Samuel Ortom and Seyi Makinde respectively.
On Sunday when Tinubu met with some Yoruba political stakeholders in Akure, Ondo State, at the house of elder statesman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Makinde, represented by his Deputy, Bayo Lawal, said he would flow with the decision by the Yoruba. Those at the meeting endorsed Tinubu.
