Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says he has no beef with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Wike who celebrated his 55th birthday on Tuesday made this when his political associates and Rivers elders led by the chairman, Rivers Elders Council, Ferdinard Alabraba visited his private residence in Rumueprikom yesterday to felicitate with him.
He explained that the seeming lingering crisis in the PDP has to do with demand from the southern stakeholders that the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, who hails from the north as the presidential candidate is from the north, should relinquish his position.
“I have no problem with presidential candidate. All I am saying is what is the interest of Rivers people? What is the interest of the South -South, and the South?”
He maintained that the demand that the north should relinquish the position of the national chairman of the PDP to the south remains a panacea to the seeming intractable crisis rocking the party.
“I don’t regret I ran for presidency. In the name of God, I am happy to make Rivers State proud. I am happy as far as I am concerned. If they had allow it to be what it is supposed to be, I would have won the election. But it’s okay. It has happened.
“People said because I lost election, it doesn’t matter. I didn’t lose election. This is my first time of trying to run for the president of Nigeria and we made impact. If it is easy let them go ahead. Are they not the ones begging,” the governor stated, according to a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri.
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