- Blasts Atiku for attacking Buhari on skewed security appointments
- Urges Nigerians to vote with their eyes open
- Says Peter Obi quit PDP for good reasons
BY ONYEKACHUKWU IBEZIM – Not ready to back down on his self-assured fight for justice and equity in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says there is no way those what he terms as ‘vultures, hyenas, and scavengers’ will have a field day in the party.
Pointedly, Governor Wike maintained that he would not leave the country’s main opposition party for ‘criminals’, saying; “I will not leave. I will stay here and I will fight the vultures, the hyenas, and the scavengers.”
Speaking when he led the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi to inaugurate the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday, the Rivers State Chief Executive said; “I won’t leave this house. I will never allow robbers to take over my house. I am going to stay to chase the armed robbers away.”
The governor, who noted that nobody can honestly blame Obi for leaving the party given the humiliation meted to him, said; “You were a member of our party, you left our party and I know why you left the party. I don’t blame you for leaving the party.
“Nobody would have suffered the humiliation you suffered. I know. Most of you don’t know. Nobody will hear what you passed through and still remain with the party.
“I am not blaming you. On principle, you should. If you have not left, you would not have pursued your ambition to save Nigeria. That is his (Obi) ambition, but whether he is the one I do not know yet. At the appropriate time, we will talk”.
However, taking a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, for attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged lopsided appointments of service chiefs, Governor Wike said Nigerians should interrogate why it took him (Atiku) over seven years to speak on the matter if it was considered so important.
“Some people now are criticising Buhari for appointing all the service chiefs from the North. Why did they not challenge Buhari since? The election has come and they are talking. Who is fooling who?
“All these past seven years, you couldn’t challenge Buhari of doing that and now the election has come and you want to win our hearts.
According to Governor Wike, those making such comments must demonstrate sincerity and integrity by first addressing the lopsided leadership positions in the PDP before people can take them serious, noting that it is dishonest; “When I hear people go to town hall meetings and they say all kinds of things.
“They say I will implement restructuring, they will make sure every zone will have a member in the security council, that it is not good for one zone to produce all the security chiefs. But it is good for one zone to occupy all party positions. You see how we are.”
He said ‘I will implement that every zone will be represented. That is a town hall meeting. But Nigerians want you to start from this one. When you start from this one, we will know what you will do when you get there. Start from the party.
“Why are Nigerians so gullible that anything they hear they take? If you want to say I will implement this or do this. I will say okay this one you have now start from here. If you cannot do this one, can you do the other one when you are there?
“Nobody should deceive us. There are many people, who have left offices for years, you see those who are surrounding them, are broke. All they want to do is to have the opportunity to come back to power. Nigerians must open their eyes.
“We know ourselves. Nobody can fool anybody. Some people say they would form a government of national unity. It is not talking, start now to implement it”.
