By John Owen Nwachukwu A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Peter Obi’s group is now fighting him becaus...
By John Owen Nwachukwu
A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged
that Peter Obi’s group is now fighting him because he refused to join forces
with them ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Wike said Peter Obi and his lobbyists lobbied him so much
prior to the polls but he turned them down, believing Obi would not win the
election.
Speaking in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike said he was not
ready to waste Rivers votes on someone he thought would not fly.
According to him, “Peter Obi’s group lobbied me so much.
They cannot deny it. And I said ‘look, this one won’t fly.’ ‘Rivers State will
not vote for where it’s not going to fly’. There’s also a gang up and I say,
‘look, enough is enough.’ They want to fight us back. They’re fighting
themselves. ”
DAILY POST recalls stories of alleged massive rigging of the
2023 presidential election and rewriting of result sheets in favour of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Rivers State.
There were also reports of political thugs allegedly
deployed by Wike compelling voters to cast their votes for a particular
candidate and also stories of votes buying.
Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, all won 12 states each and Tinubu was
declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for
polling the highest number of votes.
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