A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Peter Obi’s group is now preventing him as a result of he refused to affix forces with them forward of the 2023 basic elections.
Wike mentioned Peter Obi and his lobbyists lobbied him a lot previous to the polls however he turned them down, believing Obi wouldn’t win the election.
Talking in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike mentioned he was not able to waste Rivers votes on somebody he thought wouldn’t fly.
In accordance with him, “Peter Obi’s group lobbied me a lot. They can’t deny it. And I mentioned ‘look, this one received’t fly.’ ‘Rivers State won’t vote for the place it’s not going to fly’. There’s additionally a gang up and I say, ‘look, sufficient is sufficient.’ They need to battle us again. They’re preventing themselves. ”
DAILY POST remembers tales of alleged large rigging of the 2023 presidential election and rewriting of consequence sheets in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Rivers State.
There have been additionally experiences of political thugs allegedly deployed by Wike compelling voters to forged their votes for a selected candidate and in addition tales of votes shopping for.
Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Social gathering, all received 12 states every and Tinubu was declared the winner by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, for polling the best variety of votes.
