The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed to support Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), saying that he knew the humiliations he suffered while in the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).
Governor Wike also noted that Obi has all the characteristic to lead Nigeria.
Wike stated this in Port Harcourt, the state capital, at the venue of the Nkpolu-Oroworukwo Flyover inauguration, on Thursday.
The Rivers Governor told Obi that: “Each time you want to campaign in the state, let me know, all the logistics support, we will give to you.”
Scroll Report gathered that Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed were in Port Harcourt, to commission the 9th flyover by the present administration.
Obi and his running mate were excitedly received by a large crowd of their supporters known as ‘Obidients’.
Wike, a former Nigerian Minister of State, said that he won’t leave the party but chase out the “armed robbers”.
“I know the humiliation you suffered. Nobody will hear what you pass through and stay in the party but I will not leave. I will stay and fight.
“I won’t leave this house. I will never allow armed robbers to take over this house. I will stay and chase away armed robbers.
“So, thank God because if you have not left, you would not have realised your ambition to be able to save Nigeria,” Wike told Obi.
Recall that Obi left the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in October 2014 and joined the PDP. He was the running mate to PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general elections.
He, however, dumped the PDP early 2022 and joined the LP where he clinched the party’s 2023 presidential ticket.
Meanwhile, for months now, Wike and four other Governors in the PDP have demanded the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu as PDP national chairman as a precondition to support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
While the G-5 Governors have not been seen to campaign for Atiku, it is not clear whether they will support Obi, or Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
