Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole has backed the Rivers State governor in the current leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Oshiomhole, who was Edo State governor between 2008 and 2016, was invited by governor Wike to commission the Rumuepirikom Flyover in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers.
According to him, leadership is about character and not about making agreements that won’t be fulfilled.
He added that though political parties are needed to win elections, promises made to the people must be kept and projects delivered as proof of governance.
He said executive exchanges have a way of communicating to the people that the political divide is not war.
“Facts are very stubborn. So, I agree that even your worse critics will admit that governor Wike has made a difference. You made a difference not only in terms of projects but even your statement this afternoon, I join you in saying, because I had course to say that in Benin when I was governor of Edo State that how can a country be governed by people who cannot be trusted.
“When politicians make statements, make promises or even make agreements or even enact laws and the laws are not to be obeyed by themselves but to be obeyed by others and when they default in their promise or standing, they say that is politics for you.
The former National Chairman of APC commended governor Wike for using his time in office as governor of Rivers State to make a difference.
“I think, Rivers people should be proud because, our people often say that prophets are not appreciated at home. Governor Wike has truly transformed this city.
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“So, sir, the truth is that, I have heard anyone who is able to say with some measure of confidence that governor Wike, his own na just talk. You talk, you walk the talk.
“In politics, I can’t come to this place when we want the votes and begin to celebrate you. If I celebrate you like our President Buhari has celebrated you now, and you’re using the certificate to make the most potent campaign against my own party what can we say?”
Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had invited members of opposition political parties to inaugurate projects in the State.
For months, Wike and four other PDP governors nicknamed as the G5 have demanded the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu, saying northerners should not be the PDP national chairman and presidential candidate.
However, Ayu, a Benue indigene, has insisted that he won’t step down till the end of his four-year tenure, even as the G5 made his resignation a precondition to support Adamawa-born Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential ambition.