PDP Crisis: Wike Would Become Politically Irrelevant After His Tenure- Sule Lamido | WATCH VIDEO
AFNews Reporter
Aug 24, 2022
Former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido, Tuesday said that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike would become politically irrelevant at the end of his tenure.
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This is amid the internal crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party between Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar and Wike.
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Lamido who spoke on Channels' television interview, Politics Today opined that Wike does not have any monopoly over the Rivers electorate.
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Atiku had in interview revealed his reasons for not picking Wike as his running mate, as he opted for Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, whom he described as a credible vice presidential candidate who had the potential of succeeding him.
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Speaking further, Lamido dismissed the current impasse between the feuding members as a minute affair.
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"We should forget about WikeÔÇØ. was his response on the Rivers state governor's level of importance in swaying voters' decisions in the state.
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"Wike is an individual, I don't think because he is a governor there he has control and monopoly over the peoples of Rivers,ÔÇØ he said.
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"Right now, if you go to Rivers, there were 13 governorship aspirants for the governorship candidate in Rivers State, it was Wike who imposed the current candidate.ÔÇØ
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The 73-year-old statesman declared that Wike's political relevance will wane in the coming months.
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"The others are there complaining and screaming. I saw him on TV talking the other day, he was very bombastic. He was saying that he would not allow this and that.ÔÇØ
"In the next eight months, he will become a political destitute like me.ÔÇØ
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He also added that "Wike is an individual. I don't think because he is a governor, then he has the monopoly and control over Rivers. He does not have it. He is always speaking because he is a bluff. The people of Rivers State are in PDP in their own right.
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"Because he is now a governor, he can appropriate sovereignty and become an emperor because he is a governor. It cannot work. There is a Wike in every part of the country. Leave Wike alone, he can give order to Rivers people if they are enslaved to him. If they are his slave- fair enough, he is their emperor, let him give orders.ÔÇØ
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