Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that those preaching that Nigeria is not “ripe” for muslim-muslim ticket should also not embrace the efforts at retaining Presidency in the North.
Governor Wike made this assertion on Sunday at the special dedication service for the Rivers state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 election campaign Rallies.
In a statement by spokesman,Kelvin Ebiri, said those who involved in such “double-speak” and trying to hoodwink some gullible few should know that they are insulting the sensibility of well meaning Nigerians.
“You play on people’s intelligence. You say Nigeria is not ripe for Muslim-Muslim ticket, I agree. But Nigeria is ripe for presidency to remain in one zone? I mean, just look at the insult. You blow hot and cold,” he said.
“Most of you just sit there; you don’t ask yourselves questions. Somebody continues to sell these kind of cheap ideas. You don’t ask the person, I agree with what you are saying but look at what we are saying here.
“Your party wants the presidency to go to the same zone where President Muhammadu Buhari is coming from. Who is cheating who?
Wike urged the Church to be careful and resist those politicians whose agenda is to mobilise Christians for their own selfish interest.
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“It is not now that politics have come, you want to come and tell the church a different story for your own personal interest. We have to be careful so that the church is not destroyed, because, all of us, for example, we are Anglicans, I will not allow anybody, for his selfish interest to destroy the church of Nigeria. I will not allow that.”
The ruling party in the country,the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fielded a Muslim-Muslim ticket with Bola Ahmed Tinubu(Southerner) as presidential candidate while former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima(Northerner) is his running mate.
Meanwhile,the People’s Democratic Party has fielded the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar who is a Northerner as it’s presidential candidate while the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa (southerner) as his running mate.