Wike declares for Presidency, says he will unseat APC’s ‘evil government’
…says Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal unfit
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared his ambition to contest for the office of President adding that he will remove “evil government” oft he All Progressives Congress from power.
Wike made the declaration in Benue State Government House on Sunday in the presence of Governor Samuel Ortom and other party leaders in the state where he appealed to them to vote for him to clinch the presidential ticket.
He said he possesses what it takes to turn around the country for the better and also said that his contributions to the party over the years were good enough to get the party’s support.
Wike charged the party delegates to be mindful of some presidential aspirants who claimed to be the founding father of the party as well as those who flaunt their father’s wealth, saying they were the ones responsible for the defeat of the party in 2015.
He said: “Let these people who are interested in the presidency in PDP tell us their contributions. You claimed to be one of the founding fathers of the party, but you have left and come back. You have become an ordinary person in the new PDP.
“If you form a company and run away because the company is not doing well, you come back and found that it is now doing well and you want to come and take over.
“Some people want to use Nigeria to get back their private businesses, let them mention their private sector that survived. Is it a bank that your father had?
“Everybody is an employer of labour, even me I have 50 people in my house, so everybody has been employing people according to his capacity.
“In 2015, most of these people made us (PDP) lose the election.”
Wike said he had spoken truth to power, saying, “I have spoken truth to power, I don’t have problem with anybody but I have to tell them the truth. Umahi and others abused me because I told him that he cannot take our mandate away.
“As a governor, I have performed well, I can go anywhere with my shoulder high. How many of them have challenged this government (APC). Give me the mandate to unseat this evil government.”
