Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Thursday, said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has all the features to lead Nigeria.
Governor Wike also pledged to provide logistics support for the presidential campaigns of Mr. Obi.
The Rivers State governor made this known, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, at the venue of the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover inauguration.
“Each time you want to campaign in the state, let me know, all the logistics support, we will give to you.
“I know you as a person, you have all the criteria, you have all the characteristics to lead this country, you have it. Nobody can deny that for you,” Governor Wike told Mr. Obi.
Mr. Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, were in the state capital to commission the 9th flyover by the present administration. T
hey were excitedly received by a large crowd of their supporters known as ‘Obi-dients’.
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For months, Governor Wike and four other governors in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have demanded the resignation of Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as PDP national chairman as a precondition to support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
While Governor Wike and his allies have not been seen to campaign for Atiku, it is not clear whether they will support Obi, or Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the contest for Aso Rock’s top job which has been described by analysts and keen observers as a three-horse race.