“Everyone who knows me knows that I would have gone to court within two weeks after the primary because it is a pre-election issue which requires fourteen days time frame to contest the outcome of the primary”…
Those were the words of the Governor of Rivers State Ezenwo Nyesom Wike while reacting to the news making the rounds that he filed a lawsuit against Mr. Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The media was awash late Thursday with the news of the Governor of Rivers with a certain Prince Michael was challenging the nomination of the PDP candidate in court, but in an investigative report, truthlive.net was able to confirm early on Friday that the story was fake, as Ezenwo Nyesom Wike denied knowledge of the suit and stating that he did not even know the said lawyers.
But the governor warned Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of PDP to be mindful of those around him if he wants to win next year’s election.
Speaking in Port Harcourt during the commissioning of the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday, Wike said those around Atiku might cost him the election.
Wike said some persons were busy going after him when the target ought to be how to win the 2023 general election for the PDP.
“This should be the focus of all true lovers of PDP who want electoral victory. You’re supposed to be talking about how you will win the presidential election. All these rent seekers around him (Atiku) are not doing him any favour. Rather they are trying to make him not win the election. But if that is what they wish, I wish them good luck.”