Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has explained why the image of PDP presidential candidate Abubakar Atiku was omitted from the state’s campaign poster.
Atiku allegedly chose the people he wanted to work with in Rivers State without consulting Governor Wike, who made this revelation on Monday at the opening of the Rivers State PDP campaign council.
He said, “The presidential candidate entered my state and picked members of the presidential council without the contribution of the governor. They said they don’t need me to campaign for them.
“I have never seen how people would disrespect a state like Rivers State and go and choose enemies of the state without.”
Wike further stated that Atiku has not asked him to campaign for him and that he will only do it for persons who have asked him to do so.
The Rivers State governor has been at war with the PDP leadership, as he has called for the resignation of the PDP’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, saying that the presidential candidate and the party’s chairman cannot both come from the North.
