In response to the emergence of a viral video suggesting his move to dump the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has insisted he will never leave the party.
A viral video of the politician threatening to dump the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC following his loss at the just conducted presidential primary election stormed the cyberspace yesterday evening.
The 59-year-old lost as the closest rival of Atiku who emerged winner in the PDP Presidential Primary election conducted in May,2022.
Wike, in a statement released by his spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri tagged the video a ”manipulated” one. He explained the purported video was an excerpt from a previous interview granted to a popular television in reaction to the defection of Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi from the PDP to the APC.
The statement reads;
“Our attention has been drawn to a manipulated video circulating on Social Media, purporting that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, intends to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It will be recalled that in June 2021, Governor Wike was interviewed on Arise Television, following the defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress.
During the interview, Governor Wike, while reacting to the reason given by the Ebonyi State governor for his defection, dismissed it as untenable.
The excerpt of the interview in circulation has been deliberately manipulated by some desperate and unscrupulous persons with obnoxious agenda.
The intent of the video being circulated is intended to mislead the unsuspecting public, particularly members of the PDP.
We, hereby urge the public to disregard the manipulated video.
Governor Wike has repeatedly maintained that he will never, under any circumstances, defect from the PDP, which has offered him the platform to excel in his political career.
We urge the public to ignore the distorted video. Those behind it are desperately wicked and intend to mislead the public. Governor Wike remains a faithful, committed member of the PDP and will never leave it for the cancerous APC.”
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