Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has told members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that a decision on who they will vote for president in the 2023 election would soon be taken.
Wike stated this on Tuesday while commissioning the Rukpokwu-Igwuruta Link Road in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state, according to Channels television.
The governor enjoined the people to vote for the candidates of the PDP for governorship, House of Assembly and the National Assembly.
While making his remarks at the ceremony, Mr Wike asked the people, “Will you vote our governor? Will you vote for our senatorial candidate? Will you vote for House of Representatives candidates? Will you vote House of Assembly candidate?”
“Yes!” the crowd retorted.
“Then the other one, I will come and tell you who you will vote,” Mr Wike said, apparently referring to the presidential election.
“All I will tell you is don’t worry, calm down, these ones that I mentioned, make sure you vote for them. Very soon, we will meet and take a decision on where we are going,” the governor said.
Wike is leading the G5, a group of aggrieved PDP governors who are demanding the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the party.
Other members of G5 are Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).
The group has been at loggerheads with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, whom they are accusing of reneging on his alleged promise to ensure the exit of Mr Ayu if the party’s presidential flag bearer emerged from the same north (both Atiku and Ayu are from the north).
The G5 members had withdrawn their membership of the party presidential campaign council, boycotted its inauguration and had also refused to support Atiku’s aspiration for the 2023 election.
The group last week declared that they would support a southern presidential candidate for the 2023 election, a position that has compounded Atiku’s challenges.
