Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike Thursday said many opposition governors pay secret nocturnal visits to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Although he did not mention any names, Wike said he will not pay such a visit to Buhari.
His claim came after he was criticised for openly congratulating Buhari after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismissed the petitions filed by People’s Democratic Party and its candidate in the 2019 general elections Atiku Abubakar.
“I am sure all of you are surprised that I congratulated Buhari,” Wike said on Thursday. “Is it not good for me to congratulate him than to go to his house in the night?”
“So many PDP governors go to see him in his house in the night. I have never gone and I will not go. I won’t go.”
“We are the only state that the Federal Government refused to pay us our money used to execute Federal projects because I don’t go to see him in the night and I won’t go. He is not my friend, he is not doing well, but he won in court, should I say that the court did wrong, no.”
“President Buhari, congratulations and carry Nigerians along. Unify the country, the country is too divided. I am saying what is right. What I will do, I will do, what I will not do, I will not do”.
Wike said politics is a game of interest, noting that Rivers people in the All Progressives Congress are under obligation to attract Federal benefits to the state.
‘Politics is a game of interest. And my only interest is Rivers State. Anything that is against the interest of Rivers State, I will not agree.
“These people sold us out, thinking that they are doing Governor Wike. It is the State that you are offending because I am just one person “.
Governor Wike expressed displeasure that Rivers State has key links to President Muhammadu Buhari from the State, yet the East-West Road, the seaports and other Federal projects have been completely neglected since 2015. He said nothing indicates that Rivers State has prominent APC members working with President Muhammadu Buhari.
