The Rivers State Governor,
Nyesom Wike have called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unite and rescue Nigeria from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023.
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Wike while visiting the former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, noted that Nigeria is bleeding and Nigerians are waiting for the PDP to take power.
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The governor, who claimed he was not visiting the state on a political mission but to see his party's leader (Makarfi), who had been out of the country due to illness, urged party members to unite ahead of the battle to wrest power from the ruling party in 2023, saying Nigerians would not forgive the PDP if it failed to save the
country.
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"I want to urge all of you, in every family, there are bound to be problems, put yourselves together. Nigeria is bleeding and if we are not united, Nigeria will not forgive us because every Nigerian is hoping that the PDP must come and stop this bleeding.
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"The issue at stake now is not who wants to run for presidency or where to zone presidency. The issue now is that all party members must be united because, if you like, zone president to the West, if you are not united, you cannot achieve anything. The most important thing now is the unity of the party; forgive anybody who may have gone astray, bring back everybody and use you leadership qualities to forgive."
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Wike assured stakeholders of his support whenever it is required to move the party forward, stating that "the All Progressive Congress has finished Nigeria; they no longer have new ideas, and if they did have ideas, they did not use them," and that "the PDP is the only party in the country that has hope."
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In response, Makarfi agreed with the governor that if the PDP fails to save Nigeria in 2023, Nigerians will be disappointed.
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The former governor said;
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"I absolutely believe that with the same energy and perseverance we can do it again. If there is no party, what is the point of your ticket? Therefore, we have to build the party first, we have to be united and when a consensus is decided, we should all have one voice. I agree with you that we will be disappointing Nigerians if we do not come together and take over power to recover Nigeria for Nigerians."
