ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says the crisis currently rocking the People Democratic Party (PDP), is only telling Nigerians not to trust the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
The Governor stated this at a media chat in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Friday.
Wike was of the opinion that the pride which threatens the peace of the party at the moment, might be its doom when the Nigerians head back to the polls.
“We have not won election we are too arrogant, we have not won election and we are telling Nigerians look you cannot trust us, we say one thing and we do a different thing,” Wike asserted.
Speaking further on the issue threatening the peace within the PDP, Governor Wike said it is sad that no southerner occupies any of the three top positions in the party.
Wike added that the seed of discord was planted when the PDP shunned the zoning formula which would have seen a Southern candidate emerge as presidential flagbearer.
On the way forward, Governor Wike suggested that sacrifices must be made in order for PDP to win the election.
“We sat there and he (Atiku) agreed with us that Ayu has to go what was re upmaining, he said we should give him one week… let Governor (Ahmadu) Finitiri, who is the governor of Adamawa State, let him tell Nigerians it is not correct.
“Let Governor Seyi (Makinde) tell Nigerians it is not correct. For us to have peace let us move on, let bygone be bygone. What is the problem? You are the presidential candidate, just give chairmanship to the South…. Within that one week, we didn’t hear from the presidential candidate again. If the presidential candidate respects us, what stops him from calling us and saying, ‘look, I have gone to look at this thing and the constitutional issues’?
“Even in that meeting, we told him to bring your lawyer, we will bring our lawyer let us sit down and work it out, but he never told us (no). All we now heard on TV was that there will be constitutional issues. We forgot that we have constitutional matters, that the constitution says we must zone, but now we have forgotten the constitution (and) now you are bringing constitutional matters,” Wike contended.