Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that despite the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he doesn’t have issues with Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate.
The former Minister stated this in Port Harcourt, the state capital, when he received some chieftains of the state on the occasion of his 55th birthday.
He stressed that the solution to the crisis in the PDP is for the north to step down as National Chairman of the party.
Further, he explained that though he lost the PDP presidential ticket to Atiku, he has no axe to grind with the former Vice President.
Governor Wike and his G-5 group have been agitating for the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of PDP.
The group maintained that the North can’t produce the party’s National Chairman and presidential candidate.
Wike and his group demanded also that the National Chairman be zoned to the Southern part of the country.
“I have no problem with our 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?” Wike said.
The Governor also noted that he never regretted running for the party’s presidential ticket.
“I don’t regret I ran for the presidency. In the name of God, I am happy to make Rivers State proud. I am happy as far I am concerned. If they had allowed it to be what it is supposed to be, I would have won the election. It has happened.
“People said because I lost the election, it doesn’t matter. I didn’t lose election. This is my first time of trying to run for office of the president of Nigeria and we made impact,” he added.
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