Nyesom Wike, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and current governor of Rivers State, has responded to the ceremony in Kano State on Monday where Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, welcomed Senator Ibrahim Shekarau back to the umbrella party.
At Shekarau’s homecoming, Wike, who was not present, claimed to have seen a rapist from Rivers State.
Atiku and other PDP leaders gathered to welcome Shekarau in Kano, according to Wike, who claimed to have watched the ceremony on television on Tuesday while speaking at a gathering.
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“I saw one rapist from Rivers State sitting at the back where he went to join them to receive Shekarau but I asked him; ‘How many people have you made to join your party in your state?’ Wike asked.
He added: “You have gone to receive somebody somewhere but you have not made efforts to receive other people to join your own party in your state. You like when food is ready, you’ll go but for you to cook, it is where people have cooked that you go to eat the food but you won’t cook your own.”
Wike questioned the man about his position in the state party chapter and whether he genuinely wanted the PDP to win the 2023 election.
He asked further: “How many people have you been able to galvanise, mobilise them for them to leave their party to join your party?
“That is to show you are committed, willing and ready to make your party win an election.”
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Shekarau formally switched parties on Monday, according to Anaedoonline.ng, joining the PDP from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Yesterday in Kano, the former PDP chieftain was welcomed back to the opposition party.
Top PDP officials, including Atiku, Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman, Walid Jibrin, and former Jigawa State governor Sule Lamido, among others, attended the homecoming ceremony, according to Naija News.
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