Tinubu’s victory in Rivers state has been attributed to Wike’s strong will to return power to the south south region of Nigeria.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday praised Governor Nyesom Wike for backing power rotation to Southern Nigeria.
El-Rufai, who joined Wike to commission the Eneka-Igbo Etche Link Road in the Obio-Akpo LGA said his decision to visit Rivers state after elections was to avoid political connotation.
While the august visitor commended the people of Rivers, he said the people of the oil-rich South-South state voted “quality over political sentiments.”
In his views, he said “It is the first time since the Fourth Republic started in 1999 that the PDP was unable to get 25% in Rivers State.
In fact, El-Rufai went on to say that the people of Rivers know when to vote for quality and they voted quality over political sentiments.
Reports by Channels verified tweeter handle quoted El-Rufai, as saying that for him, “it is important to visit Rivers State to see what lessons they can learn from Wike’s efforts at infrastructural transformation and human capital development.
The Governor made a plea for Unity that ‘Let’s Continue To Work Together’ we may be from different parties but we share a few things in common.
“This country belongs to all of us and we have a duty to do all that it takes to make Nigeria an egalitarian, progressive and prosperous society.
“I am here to extend our hand of fellowship to Governor Nyesom Wike and the people of Rivers State for us to continue to work together as brothers and sisters to make Nigeria a better place for everyone, no matter what religion, ethnicity, tribe, colour or creed.
“We are Nigerians and we believe in Nigeria, we are governors and we belong to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and in our forum, we try to learn from one another.
“I want to, on behalf of our presidential candidate and our party, thank you and the good people of Rivers State for making the right choice of voting for Aiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” Said El-Rufai.
On his part, Wike commended El-Rufai and the Northern APC governors for supporting the move to zone the presidency to the South south region, saying that history will be on their side because they stood for justice and equity.
Recall that Wike, had argued that power return to the south after the eight-year tenure of the incumbent Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari who is from Katsina State in the North-West geopolitical zone.
Truth Live News earlier on February 15, reported that president-elect days to the poll,met with Wike in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Tinubu, came out top in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and secured 8,794,726, votes more than his closest rival, Atiku, who got 6,984,520 votes, while Obi finished the race with 6,101,533.