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Another President Like Buhari: Wike Calls For Psychiatric Check For Umahi

Afnews Editor

Sep 09, 2021

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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has hit out at his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, who said God will give Nigeria a president "who has a good heart like President Muhammadu BuhariÔÇØ in 2023.

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Umahi had made the remarks while addressing State House correspondents on Monday, after meeting with Buhari at Aso Villa in Abuja.

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But Wike, in a veiled reference to Umahi, said that his colleague had lied.

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Wike claimed that even Buhari himself knows that God won't give the country another president like him in 2023.

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The governor stated this during a stakeholders' meeting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, while addressing business owners.

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Wike said: "That was how a governor was saying that he prays that Nigeria gets another President like Buhari.

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"I said what has gone wrong with him? You mean there shouldn't be (a) psychiatric check on the governor? Sycophancy.

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"And you know that the President knows that you are telling lies to him. He (Buhari) knows.

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"It is unfortunate. May God help us.ÔÇØ

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