Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar will regret abandoning him and his colleagues in the G-5 Governors’ Forum and other members of the Integrity Group after the February 25 presidential election.
Wike who spoke during a media chat was responding to a question on whether he and his colleagues in the G-5 are ready to sit down with Atiku, the party’s presidential candidate over their disagreement.
Wike, four governors of PDP and their supporters have refused to support the presidential ambition of their party’s candidate, Atiku over lack of adherence to the constitution of the party in the sharing of positions.
The G-5 Governors have so far refused to be part of the campaign of Atiku for the presidential election coming up on 25 February.
But responding to question if his group will be ready to reach a truce with Atiku before the election on Thursday, Wike said the G-5 Governors are no longer disposed to broker any peace with national leadership of the party.
He also explained that contrary to insinuations that the G-5 Governors were working at cross-purposes, the group, he maintained, has remained intact and their impact will be felt in the aftermath of the 25th February presidential election.
He noted that no G-5 Governor has so far attended the PDP presidential campaign in their respective States.
“Even before Enugu governor received him (Atiku) in Government House, we knew about it. We cannot tell you the approach. Forget about what people are saying, the 25th is here. Everybody will see it.
“We can’t do that again. It’s over. We have said it and there is nothing anybody can do about it now. They believe that they have won election, so they don’t need us. I am not ready to sit down again with anybody.”
Wike added that those who have chosen to ignore the G-5 and other members of the Integrity Group will soon realise their grave mistake after the 25th February.
Wike, who said he has no apology for hosting the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders of the party in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, however, declined to mention his preferred Presidential candidate.
He said PDP leaders in Rivers State have already taken a position on whom the State will vote for, and that decision has been communicated to party stalwarts and supporters ahead of next week election.
The Rivers State governor reiterated that he will never leave the PDP and boasted that he remains one of the most relevant members of the party.
Speaking on the decision of the PDP not to hold its Presidential campaign in Rivers State, the governor said members of Presidential Campaign Council in the State lack honour and are devious.
According to him, after collecting money from some governors to organise the Presidential rally, the PCC members who apparently lack capacity to mobilise crowd , decided to cook up an outlandish conspiracy theory of insecurity in the State.
Speaking on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on Thursday, the governor said his insistence that the old N500 and N1000 note ceased to be a legal tender is tantamount to interference with pending lawsuit in the Supreme Court.
He stressed that the president’s directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reintroduce only the old N200 note into the economy is an affront on the Supreme Court.
The Rivers State governor expressed dismay that the president who ideally should be the epitome of rule of law, has regrettably taken deliberate steps to undermine the integrity of the Supreme Court, whose interim injunction on the naira swap matter is still subsisting.
“As far as I am concerned, this is a complete interference, which is not good or our democracy.”
The governor said it is hypocritical for the federal government to propose out of court settlement with aggrieved States, while at the same time undermining the outcome of the pending suit in Supreme Court.
Wike insisted that the interim order issued by the Supreme Court is still subsisting and must be respected by the federal government to the letter.
“Until that is done there is nothing anybody can do about it. The issue of N200 naira in circulation is neither here nor there. If they had pulled out of court then the president could come in. Having not pulled out of court and the interim order still subsist, we should obey it to the letter.”
He maintained that the federal government claim that the naira redesign policy will curb corruption and vote buying is not tenable. According to him, the timing of the naira swap policy smacks of politics.
“So, we must consider issue of timing. Some people may say it is good to help fight corruption. I don’t believe so. As far as I am concerned, I believe that this policy is targeted at some people. I may not wrong.”
Governor Wike said he cannot fathom how a policy which the federal government claim is intended to help the Nigerian economy, has now turned out to be its albatross. CONTINUE READING………………………………
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