Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, has said that if he and four other governors in his group should leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it would lose the 2023 election. The governor said this on Friday during a live media chat in Portharcourt.
He denied reports that the PDP presidential candidate sent former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili and Delta’s Onanefe Ibori to plead with him on his stance against Iyorchia Ayu, insisting that the last people he met over the issue were members of the PDP Board of Trustees (BOT).
“Odili was not contacted by the PDP to meet me.”
On whether he would listen to him if PDP asked Odili to beg him, he said, “All I would say is that even he, knows what is right and what is wrong. He’s a reasonable father. He won’t say so. Do you ever see him in the government house or in Abuja, or with members of the former governors’ forum? If PDP wants me, they will come to my state and talk to me.”
He said that without the participation of himself, Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State in the PDP presidential campaign of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP would find it difficult to win the election.
“They are just playing games and they’re not the only ones that can play games. If you play game, I will play game with you.”