Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said only death will stop him from contesting the 2023 presidential election.
Wike’s statement during a BBC Pidgin interview was said to have stunned persons, who believed hr would withdraw from the race to support a likely northern candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
When asked whether there was anything that would make him withdraw from the presidential race, Wike said: “The only thing that will make meRivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said only death will stop him from contesting the 2023 presidential election.
Wike’s statement during a BBC Pidgin interview was said to have stunned persons, who believed hr would withdraw from the race to support a likely northern candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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When asked whether there was anything that would make him withdraw from the presidential race, Wike said: “The only thing that will make me withdraw is if I am dead. withdraw is if I am Dead.
“But I know that God has promised me that I won’t die. There is nothing that will make me withdraw from it.
“It is what I want to do for my country. Before I came out I told my wife and she asked me to go. If I didn’t tell my wife and she became angry and asked me not to go then I would obey”.
Wike said he would not step down for any consensus candidate, saying consensus should be done with equity, fairness and justice.
He said: “Our constitution in PDP section 7 subsection 3 recommended rotations and elections. If the consensus they want to do is to gang up against one or two persons, why will I join such consensus?