Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has accused the 2023 presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, of peddling “lies” against him in the aftermath of the party’s primary.

Mr Wike, who said since he lost out in the presidential primary, had been quiet, faulted the television interview granted by Mr Abubakar on the crisis rocking the party.

He vehemently noted that Mr Abubakar had been using chieftains of the opposition party, whom he described as “attack dogs” to spread falsehood against him.

“Since after our primaries, I have decided to be quiet because PDP is a party I love so much. I have never said anything and I decided to go back home (to Rivers state) and focus on fulfilling the promises I made to the people but there comes a time when the truth has to be told.

“Thereafter; he (Atiku) appeared before Arise television. So many lies were told, and you said I should not react to some of those issues, that is not fair enough.

“What he has said would be accepted as the truth. Look at his attack dogs; Sule Lamido, Babangida Aliyu and Abubakar Waziri, look at the statement they issued,” Mr Wike told journalists while arriving at the Port Harcourt International Airport, on Thursday.

Mr Wike had been aggrieved since the fallout of PDP’s presidential primary and subsequent nomination of Delta governor Ifeanyi Okowa as Mr Abubakar’s running mate.

The governor said posterity would not forgive him if he failed to speak up on the crisis rocking the PDP, explaining that Mr Abubakar had not been magnanimous in victory.

The Rivers governor said that despite the former vice president’s claim in the media, he was yet to send any delegation to him since the presidential primary ended.

“But there comes a time that people will understand and know the true facts of things. So, obviously, whether I will speak or not, I will let Nigerians know the actual truth.

“Having known the truth, whatever they decide with it, is left for Nigerians because you can imagine when the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar unveiled his vice presidential candidate,” Mr Wike said.

He added: “Look at the abuses they hauled on me. So, it is important for me as a person to react line by line, to the statement made by Atiku himself and his attack dogs.

“Look at a presidential candidate who believes he wants to win the election but someone who contested fairly with him has never raised any issue.

“I just kept quiet, I mind my own business and see how my state can move forward. Everyday people come up and they attack me. It is quite unfair I should let Nigerians know at the appropriate time so that posterity would be on our side that we have been able to keep the record straight.

“Nigerians would know what happened, they would know those who love this country,” Mr Wike added.

The Rivers governor, who also revealed that Mr Abubakar was in his house before the presidential primary to solicit a vote and his support, wondered why he could no longer visit him after winning the exercise.

He added that former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, reaching out to him to support the party, was done in a personal capacity and not for the party.

“It’s most unfortunate when people tell lies; I was in Spain when Bukola (Saraki) came to me that, how do we settle this problem, and I asked him if he was sent by Atiku and he said no.

“I asked what does he want me to do, I told him the issues and Atiku came to my house and said I should support him. So he doesn’t know my house again.

“People are now calling me on the phone to support him, those I don’t even know. They have reduced me to a ” guy” when calling and start begging.

“Atiku cannot say he has sent anybody to me. Let one person in the party say he came to see me and was sent by Atiku. Forget about those who are running around looking for what they have to survive,” the Rivers governor added.

Malory:
Nothing good ever comes out of Atiku the Cameroonian and Tinubu.

MadeInTokyo:
Wike move on with your loss at PDP Primaries
Other Presidential candidate in both PDP and APC like Osibanjo, Saraki, Ahamed Lawan, Udom Emmanuel and others have moved on with their losses and not ranting about their loss almost every week.
Wike man up and stop bitching around like a woman who has been served breakfast and move on better days ahead after 2023

Dubaku543:
My brother follow me see wetin I dey see oooo!!. I dey ask whether Atiku the unifier don follow corner him wife nii?

BeeBeeOoh:


https://gazettengr.com/atiku-lied-sent-lamido-aliyu-other-attack-dogs-against-me-wike/

Odin13:


Aside Una online barking .. wetin be the good thing about Obi and his bingos

As my governor for 8 years wetin obi keep as legacy for Ndi anmabra

FreeStuffsNG:
That Arise Tv interview by HE Atiku was a horribly thought idea and my guess is that Mr Rueben Abati was part of the whole game to present it that HE Atiku and PDP has moved on without HE Wike.

Now it is clear that the interview was more of ad revenue earner for Arise Tv than vote winning strategy for PDP and Atiku.

I keep saying it, the real voters are not online or on the social media, any politician pandering to them is wasting his time and resources. The social media is mostly for idle jesters and the interview is revenue spinner for the media operators. If you are gunning for the presidency and serious about it, the hard work is out there; offline.

Odin13:


Aside Una online barking .. wetin be the good thing about Obi and his bingos

As my governor for 8 years wetin obi keep as legacy for Ndi anmabra