PDP Crisis: Wike is Overrated, Says Atiku’s Man, Sule Lamido
POLITICS DIGEST- A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, doesn’t have the power to control the electorate in the state.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been embroiled in crisis since the conclusion of its presidential primary election in May, when Wike lost out to Atiku Abubakar.
It is believed both Wike and Atiku met in Abuja a few weeks ago to settle the crisis, but the dissension still lingers.
Lamido told Channels Television on Tuesday night that “we should forget about Wike.”
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He said: “Wike is an individual, I don’t think because he is a governor there he has control and monopoly over the people of Rivers.”
“He hasn’t got it. Rivers people are also PDP in their own right. They were there in 1999 when he joined. They were there when he was council chairman.
“Therefore, because he’s a governor, he now thinks he is their emperor, it can’t work. There is a Wike in every part of Nigeria who is a governor.
“Leave Wike alone. He has the right to do whatever he wants. He can give orders to people in Rivers who are enslaved to him. But right now, if you go to Rivers, they are contesting for the governorship seat there, it was Wike who imposed the current candidate and nobody questioned that.”
