Tag: Nyesom Wike

PDP Crisis: Ayu is an ingrate -Wike

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, has described as an ingrate, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, for his comments against the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Ayu had said he has the power to stop Ortom’s senatorial ambition and those of others eyeing various positions on the platform of the party. However, Wike, while briefing journalists at his private residence in Rumiprikon, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Sunday dared Ayu to make good his threat. He said it was unfortunate for Ayu to speak…

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Wike raises concern over Atiku’s ethnic politics, rejects PDP BOT’s offer

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has expressed concern over comments credited to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, advising Northerners that they should vote for him in the 2023 election because he hails from the northern region. Wike said if true, such a statement was a threat to the unity of the country at a time when concerted efforts should be made in giving every citizen a sense of belonging. The governor spoke on Monday at the international wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport,…

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2023: Wike’s ‘stomach infrastructure’ begins, appoints 14,359 political officers

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State governor, has appointed a massive 14,000 political advisers for various political units in the state just as preparations for the 2023 general election kicks off. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, and made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt. The governor’s media aide explained that the advisers will play a pivotal role in the administration. Though none of names of the new appointees were mentioned, it is believed that the…

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PDP bluffs aggrieved Southern members, launches Presidential campaign Wednesday

Jide Ige

The People’s Democratic Party said it has finalised plans to inaugurate its presidential campaign council on Wednesday, September 28, not minding the withdrawal of some party heavyweights and prominent campaign council members from the Southern part of the country and the middle belt led by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The party revealed that all its programmes would be carried out as scheduled, adding that it had no plan to suspend them for any reason. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja…

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‘I won’t leave PDP, I will stay and fight it out’ -Wike

Jide Ige

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party for any reason. The governor stated that he was rather interested in preserving the sanity of the party and would stay back to fight for the enthronement of unity, inclusivity, equity and peace in the PDP. Wike made the declaration at the Rivers State PDP stakeholders meeting in Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor said he is a man of character, unlike those who cannot keep their word and walked out…

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How Ayu connived with Tambuwal to short-change Wike, others -Ex-Gov. Jang

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Ex-governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has narrated how the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, helped Atiku Abubakar to emerge as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election at the expense of his opponents including Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State during the primary election. Jang stated this when he spoke on Wednesday following a meeting of some PDP members who are on the side of Governor Wike in Port Harcourt. He likened Ayu to a “referee” who helped one of the sides to score…

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Mass withdrawal from PDP Presidential Council shock Atiku

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Atiku Abubarkar, the Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has expressed shock at the spread of party leaders and members who pulled out of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council. A bewildered Atiku said “I have been informed by officials of our party, apart from the Rivers State chapter of the PDP, all the remaining states of the federation submitted names of people who they wanted to be included in the Presidential Campaign Council. Atiku Abubakar, however, on Wednesday, insisted no party member can force the PDP’s National Chairman,…

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You memory is short -Wike blast Secondus

Jide Ige

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has mocked the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, for celebrating the vote of confidence passed on his successor, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, by the party’s National Executive Committee. The governor said no amount of confidence votes would save Ayu from being ousted from the position. Wike stated this at a grand reception for over 90 defectors from various political parties into the PDP at the Isaac Adaka Boro Park in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The governor said Secondus seemed to have…

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Wike to Critics: You can’t muscle me

Jide Ige

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has again lashed at his critics within the People’s Democratic Party saying he can not be muscled into submission. Wike insisted that the time of reckoning is coming for those who continue to insist that they can take the national leadership in the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor maintained that nobody can silence him from speaking against such injustice and demanding that the right thing be done. Wike spoke at the inauguration of the Emohua campus of Rivers State University and the flag-off of…

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Wike to Ayu: We the children brought you from gutter to National chair

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The crisis rocking the Peoples’ Democratic Party escalated further on Thursday as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, responded to remarks credited to the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. National Infinity reports that Ayu, in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday dismissed Wike and his loyalists “as youngsters who lacked the knowledge about how the party was formed” for asking for his resignation. Wike, at the inauguration of Omerelu internal roads by a former South-West Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George, warned that the action and utterances of…

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PDP Chairman, Ayu snubs Wike’s group, calls them ‘children’

Jide Ige

Iyorchia Ayu, a former Senate President and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has lashed out at the Nyesom Wike’s group within the party calling for his resignation, describing them as children who do not know why we formed the party. In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, the national chairman pointed out that even if there would be another election, those calling for his resignation would not be replacing him saying PDP members and stakeholders elected him based on the laid down rules of the party.…

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How Sule Lamido destroyed PDP -Wike

Jide Ige

Nyesom Wike, a Peoples’ Democratic Party Chieftain and Rivers State Governor, angered by comments made by a former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, on a privately owned television station, has described the latter as a politically spent force. Lamido while speaking on Channel’s Television ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday night had said there was no need for any reconciliation between Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate,  Atiku Abubakar, saying nobody wronged the Rivers governor. But Wike in a statement through his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, on Wednesday, described…

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Wike at liberty to meet any politician -Ex-PDP spokesperson

Jide Ige

Kola Ologbondiyan, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic party,  has said  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is free to meet or associate with anyone as long as he has not picked the membership card of any other political party different from the PDP. Ologbondiyan spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show. Ologbondiyan said he did not have a problem with Gov. Wike meeting with anyone from another political party. He was responding to questions relating to Wike’s recent meetings with politicians from other…

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Wike faction’s demands rattle PDP as BoT meets to pacify aggrieved members

Jide Ige

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) will tomorrow meet to mediate in the lingering post-convention crisis, setting the stage for a face-to-face parley between two warring gladiators – Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the party. The major opposition party has been struggling to stay united since it concluded its primary in May to elect the presidential flag-bearer and then side-stepping Wike, favoured by a majority in the party, to announce governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, as running mate…

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Video: How Wike stormed and rescued Nunieh, former NDDC boss, from Police siege

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor, on Thursday, bulldozed his way through and rescued former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joi Nunieh, from a siege laid to her Port Harcourt residence by a team of Police team. Riding in his convoy, Wike rushed to Nunieh’s house in the Old GRA section of Port Harcourt, where a team of Mobile Police armed policemen drawn from Squadron 13 had barricaded her house, and took her to the government house. The siege is coming a few days after Nunieh accused…

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Nigeria Vs Congo DRC Friendly: Rivers APC warns Wike not to import Ebola

Jide Ige

As the spread of the dreaded disease, Ebola, continues across major towns in the Congo Democratic Republic (DRC) ahead of the friendly game between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Leopards of DRC in Port Harcourt on Monday, the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on Gov. Nyesom Wike not only focus on reaping from the razzmatazz the grade ‘A’ friendly brings to his empty celebration of 3 years in office, adding “he (Wike) must forget politics for a while and act to protect the lives of…

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