Rivers State governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has urged his Lagos State counterpart, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, to resist the plan by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to scuttle his (Ambode’s) second term bid.
Wike, who said godfatherism is inimical to social development, added that Ambode should battle Tinubu with all his political strength and that godfatherism has no place in Rivers State politics and it would never be.
Wike said this during an interview with The Osasu Show, a programme anchored by Osasu Igbinedon on African Independent Television (AIT), at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Thursday.
When asked to advise Governor Ambode on the escalating rift between him and Tinubu, Wike said “I will advise him to resist him. Godfatherism has never worked in Rivers State, and it will never work.”
Wike, who also debunked the speculation that he was planning to emerge as the running mate of one the presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said though some PDP presidential aspirants seeking his support offered him the position but he rejected it because he remains committed to the interest of the state.
“There are aspirants who have promised me the position of the vice-president, but I said I will not seek the position; not even in the dream will I seek that position at this point,” he said.
“I am a first-term governor and the national chairman of PDP is from my state and the south-south… these are mere allegations. People can carry rumours, but everything I will do, will be in the interest of Rivers State.
“Nobody can use Rivers State as a tool; they did that in the past, but not anymore.”
He also wondered why some presidential aspirants were opposed to the choice of hosting the national convention in Port Harcourt, as he added that that only indicated that there were moles of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the PDP.
“I am shocked that a few presidential aspirants who never opposed Port Harcourt as a venue would begin the sponsorship of media attacks on the venue of the convention, which was not initiated by us,” he said.
“When we say that there are moles among the presidential aspirants, this is one of the manifestations. A decision that is collectively taken, is being contested through clandestine sponsorship.
“But if they want, the national convention can be held at Maiduguri, Yola, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kano or any other city. A presidential aspirant that would lose, would lose.
“All the national delegates that will vote at the National Convention will emerge from the different local government areas of the country and from the statutory delegates list. None will be elected in Port Harcourt.
“Therefore, it is uncharitable to attempt to create the impression that hosting it in Port Harcourt will influence the outcome.”
By Kola Bola
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