Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has refuted claims that he is the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate’s running mate (PDP).
No such arrangement has been reached, according to the governor, with any politician.
“Please discountenance anything you’re seeing about being VP to this and that. Discountenance all those social media talk,” he disclosed this on Tuesday at the Government House in Port Harcourt during a stakeholders meeting of the PDP’s Rivers State Chapter, which was attended by party executives, national and state assembly members, LG chairmen, cabinet members, and other high-ranking members of the party.
The Governor’s remarks come a day after it was reported on several platforms that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was considering him as a running mate for the 2023 elections.
Wike, on the other hand, claims that members of the party in the southern region would speak with one voice and at the proper moment about their election decision.
“The south will make a statement very soon and the day the south makes a statement, Nigeria will know that we are not joking.
“It is not to come out and say you are consulting. You say you’re consulting, yet you have declared. Is it not after consultations that you declare?”, he asked.
