Shehu Sani, a legislator in the 8th National Assembly, has reacted to the apparent ‘romance’ between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Labour Party candidate Peter Obi in the just ended presidential election.
Remember that Obi, along with other major competitors, lost the presidential election on February 25th to All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu secured a landslide victory in Rivers during the election. There have been rumors that Governor Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, helped the APC candidate win in the state despite their political differences.
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Wike had already pledged to work against his party’s nominee, Atiku Abubakar, but had declined to name the candidate he would openly support.
Yet, just days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) granted Tinubu a Certificate of Return, Wike declared Obi his hero of the February 25th presidential election, claiming that the former Governor of Anambra State insured the victory of a president of Southern extraction.
According to news sources, Wike made the statement when meeting Igbo traders at a town hall in Rivers State over the weekend, soliciting their support for the March 18 gubernatorial election.
Senator Sani responded to Wike’s statement by comparing the Rivers State Governor’s relationship with Obi to that of a man who jilted his sweetheart and is now attempting to appease her after marrying another woman.
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The Kaduna State lawmaker believes Wike was attempting to be nice with Obi and his supporters after supporting Tinubu and switching camps during the presidential election.
“Wike and Peter; its like trying to be nice in order to continue a relationship with a lady you jilted, after marrying another,” Sani wrote on his Twitter page on Saturday, March 11.
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