The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has come under fire from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for praising his counterpart in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a statement.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Governor Wike has already endorsed Sanwo-Olu for reelection.
When he traveled to the state on Tuesday, he did this.
Olajide Adeniran, commonly known as Jandor, the PDP’s candidate for governor of Lagos, was snubbed by the governor of Rivers State, who claimed that running against the state’s current governor was a waste of time.
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At the 22nd National Women’s Conference, which was put on by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, Wike pitched his tent alongside Sanwo-Olu (COWLSO).
He claimed that the Lagos Governor had improved administration through the caliber of the projects completed around Lagos.
In response to Wike’s remarks, the PDP claimed the Rivers State Governor’s outburst wasn’t unexpected in a statement released on Tuesday night by its publicity secretary in Lagos, Hakeem Amode.
The party leadership stated that Wike’s attendance at any occasion “without his typical diatribe of a drowning man who will clutch at straw” would have disappointed them.
The statement read: “I only wonder how Governor Wike, who didn’t support Jandor and at the same time couldn’t stop him from picking the party ticket in Lagos, despite his supposed might within the PDP, would apportion to himself the decision of generality of Lagosians in the forthcoming election.
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“While we won’t but acknowledge Governor Wike’s developmental strides in Rivers State which have witnessed an influx of other state chief executives including Sanwo-Olu for commissioning, it is worrisome that Wike will call Sanwo-Olu a performer without asking how many times he has invited anyone to Lagos for the commissioning of an ordinary borehole in his almost four years in office as Governor.”
Amode claimed that Jandor will defeat Sanwo-Olu in the next election and eliminate the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate after the polls. Amode claimed that Jandor is certain of winning the gubernatorial race in Lagos State.
The opposition party said: “My dear Governor and leader, we promise to render Sanwo-Olu jobless and send him to the club of you former Governors next year. Only God, who has seen Jandor and Lagos PDP this far, and the generality of Lagosians, can determine his fate at the polls in 2023, not your endorsement.
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“We will continue to sell our breath of fresh air agenda to Lagosians with the promise of a better tomorrow. Lagos needs a breath of fresh air.”
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