ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (NPDP), has called on the Presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to stop further plans to advance moves of reconciliation with the Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, and his G-5 circle.
He said it is only appropriate for the ‘Waziri Adamawa’’ and the leadership of the umbrella party to channel attention and invest into more fruitful political ventures that would yield result at the polls in 2023.
The APC chieftain made these known in a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Eze, key member of the APC who played a no mean role in midwifing the party, said he has followed religiously the recent happenings in the PDP as regards Wike and his face-off with Atiku and wishes to put across his view on the matter and proffer a way out of the seemingly unsolvable crisis.
Having related with and understudied Atiku and Wike, Eze said that the face-off between the two men is not based on any misunderstanding or whatever but on the political miscalculation on the side of Wike who never took time to understudy who Atiku is and his style of politicking.
As a good friend to Wike, Eze said he counselled him not to fight Atiku but the Rivers Governor felt he knows all about Nigerian politics.
Also, as a student of Atiku’s style of politics, the party Chief noted that he advised Atiku to keep Wike at arms length and the former Vice President took the wise counsel and the later face-off that ensued between the two has further opened the eyes of Atiku on my wise counsel.
He said: “As a matter of fact, if Wike could abuse, insult and do everything he did to humiliate Amaechi, his destiny helper and biggest benefactor; who appointed him as his Chief of Staff and recommended him to be appointed a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who else in this country will be spared by Wike’s unbridled loquaciousness and backstabbing.
“With the poor attitude Nigerians have seen Wike exhibit, ranging from his draconian orders and prohibitions to his unrestrained and embarrassing loquaciousness, Nigerians owe some gratitude to the PDP and Atiku for saving the country an international embarrassment.”
Eze therefore, called on Atiku to “forget the political jesters and forge ahead with his political campaign as this group that lacks integrity has lost their relevance in the scheme of things.
“Whoever Wike feels like supporting for the 2023 Presidential election is inconsequential as such a candidate should forget about the elections because Wike has proved himself a very bad marketer and will only bequeath gross misfortunes on such a contestant.”