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Governor Nyesom Wike has backtracked on a lawsuit challenging Atiku Abubakar's primary election victory, stating the deadline for filing such suits had long ...

“I don’t know the lawyers, am I a kid to be filing a suit at this time. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. “I don’t know anything about the so-called suit.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed claims that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is planning to dump the party. PDP's National Publicity.

He has also harvested so much from the party; the party has also promoted him. However, Ologunagba, in a statement said: “Governor Wike is an important member of this party. I have no evidence that he has changed his mind.”

Alex Enumah in Abuja. Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike few moments ago (Friday) distanced himself from a purported suit said to have been filed by him ...

Some people are trying to use me to win the election. In an exclusive chat with THISDAY, the Governor denied knowing anything whatsoever about the purported suit or even knowing the lawyers who filed the suit in the first instance. I didn’t do that then, is it two months after primary I will file a suit?

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has debunked reports on social media that he ordered the removal of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flags from.

The same God will make him win to His glory. Opobo people should be thanking God for his mercies.” I don’t waste my time on such falsehood.”

By Nwafor Sunday. A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, did not sue the ...

“He has distanced himself from the law suit. His exact words were ‘I don’t know anything about the so-called suit. A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, did not sue the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to court as being reported in the media.

Governor of River State, Nyesom Wike, has denied suing the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, over the outcome of the presidential primary. Wike, who spoke at the inauguration of House of Assembly Quarters in Port ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; the Sokoto State Governor, ...

I am busy delivering the dividends of democracy for my party to win election in Rivers State.” However, the response will be done in the proper manner and not through the media,” Ibe said. After the primary, Atiku had been advised to pick Wike as his running mate. “If I wanted to scuttle the convention, I could have done that and I told them… At the primary, Atiku polled 371 votes while Wike and Bukola Saraki garnered 237 and 70 votes respectively. It is only at that point he was speaking that he could say I have withdrawn. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and a chieftain of the PDP, Newgent Ekamon, were listed as the plaintiffs. When we are served, we will respond appropriately. In the originating summons, the PDP is listed as the first respondent while the Independent National Electoral Commission is the 2nd respondent. “The 1st (PDP) and 4th (Atiku) respondents who also wanted the votes desperately agreed with the 3rd (Tambuwal) and assigned 3rd (Tambuwal) respondent’s votes to the 4th (Atiku) respondent and increased his votes to win the 2nd applicant (Wike). “The 2nd applicant (Wike) won the primary if the votes of the 3rd respondent (Tambuwal) had not been transferred or assigned to the 4th respondent (Atiku). Lastly, the applicants are seeking an order of the court “directing the 1st respondent (PDP) to declare the 2nd applicant (Wike), a presidential aspirant in the May 28 and May 29 primary as the winner of the aforesaid primary with a corresponding order directing the 1st respondent (PDP) to forward his name as the candidate to contest the presidential election in 2023.”

Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has urged Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to "kill his anger" against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Momodu said.

PDP has been your solid platform. Rivers State has been extremely generous to you. Nigeria has been very kind to you.

Supporters of Wike had taken Atiku, Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the conduct of ...

I didn’t do that then, is it two months after primary I will file a suit? This is all false, it’s all propaganda. “I don’t know the lawyers.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has asked Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be mindful of those.

It is not to stay in Abuja. I don’t stay in Abuja, I don’t sleep there. Today, I see people talk about PDP. When we were supposed to have won election in PDP under Alhaji Atiku. Rivers State gave the highest votes, Rivers gave the highest support in terms of logistics too. Your support means that Daily Trust can keep offering journalism to everyone in the world. “But all the States in the South-South made Buhari to have 25 percent. “But I want to tell the candidate, it is the candidate’s group that are doing all these things. “I didn’t go to court, I have no reason to go to court. It is ‘Operation deliver your State’. It is not to just talk. “I have told the candidate, you will win or lose this election because of people around you. “The legal adviser of the party called me and said he knows that there is mischief going on. “When I see people talking about PDP today, I say to myself what is going on in this world. Those in Abuja with you (Atiku), tell them to go home and campaign for you to win election. Rather they are trying to make him not to win election.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Jerry Gana, said Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers is not challenging the outcome of the party's ...

” “We unequivocally state that Wike has not and will not challenge the outcome of the just concluded PDP Presidential Primaries in Court. “News in the media that Wike has commenced legal proceedings challenging the outcome of the 2022 PDP Presidential Primary, is totally false.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has asked Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be mindful of those.

It is not to stay in Abuja. I don’t stay in Abuja, I don’t sleep there. Today, I see people talk about PDP. When we were supposed to have won election in PDP under Alhaji Atiku. Rivers State gave the highest votes, Rivers gave the highest support in terms of logistics too. Your support means that Daily Trust can keep offering journalism to everyone in the world. “But all the States in the South-South made Buhari to have 25 percent. “But I want to tell the candidate, it is the candidate’s group that are doing all these things. “I didn’t go to court, I have no reason to go to court. It is ‘Operation deliver your State’. It is not to just talk. “I have told the candidate, you will win or lose this election because of people around you. “The legal adviser of the party called me and said he knows that there is mischief going on. “When I see people talking about PDP today, I say to myself what is going on in this world. Those in Abuja with you (Atiku), tell them to go home and campaign for you to win election. Rather they are trying to make him not to win election.

It was a trouble foretold for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when former vice president and presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, ...

That explains why the governor is ready to go the extra mile in remaining obstinate for justice. A man who is hurt has the right to pursue any means of assuaging his pains. Many political analysts, including Dele Momodu, a fellow PDP presidential aspirant, have called on the Rivers’ strongman to retrace his ways and join hands with PDP to cement the remains of the APC in the political cemetery. Wike’s invitation to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos and former Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Magatakarda Aliyu Wamakko, to commission some projects in Rivers serves as a prognosis of where the pendulum may likely swing to. Atiku was not truthful in the processes leading to the emergence of Okowa as his running mate. Hear Atiku: In arriving at the decision, I held wide consultations with various stakeholders in our party including our Governors, National Working Committee, Board of Trustees, and other leaders to seek their inputs and their wisdom.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has debunked reports that he ordered that the flags of the Peoples Democratic Party at Government House, Port Harcourt, ...

“The same God will make him win to His glory. It is God that has made your son to be the governorship candidate of our party. Opobo people should be thanking God for his mercies.’’

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has maintained that he would not dump the party for any reason.

It was Atiku that went to him and mentioned to him that he was going to be the vice president and he accepted, but what happened. Somebody came and told him that he was going to emerge as the vice president; it was not his desire. His words: “His Excellency, Gov. Nyesom Wike never took the party to court; it is the APC that did it. “You know Finebone worked with me when I was the state APC chairman. But that he knows me very well; if I’m going to court, it is not those kinds of lawyers that I would have used and I don’t even know the lawyers.” And we achieve this objective by building ladders of opportunity that allow them to achieve the highest aspirations of their hearts. In February, we will show them that they are the ones with crisis. “Today, the speaker of House of Representative was invited because it’s an Assembly Quarters he is commissioning. “But I want to tell the candidate, it is the candidate’s group that are doing all these things. He added: “I didn’t go to court; I have no reason to go to court. “I have told the candidate; you will win or lose this election because of people around you. However, at the last minute, Atiku settled for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate amid stiff opposition by party members and governors who recommended Wike.

There is palpable tension in the camp of the opposition about what leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consider as Rivers State Governor Nyesom ...

“I want to make this clear before people start saying, ‘Oh, Wike took the party to court.’ Wike is a strong party man. The first name in the case is a coordinator of the presidential candidate of the APC. And I am happy that he came out immediately to deny that he took the party to court. God bless you and God bless the people of Rivers State.” In February, we will show them that they are the ones with crises. Noting that they were waiting for Wike’s arrival in APC, Gbajabiamila said, “I applaud the governor, His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for this accomplishment. “But, I want to tell the candidate that it is his group that is doing all these things. “My own goal is to come out to the public and tell the world. At the appropriate time, you will tell them, you will choke them. And I said come and see what I have done with that money – part of it. They are the ones plotting all these things thinking that they will spoil my name. I have told the candidate that if you win this election or lose this election, it is because of people around you.

Mr Wike said the plot against Messrs Lawan and Gbajabiamila was hatched at the Rivers State Governors Lodge in Abuja.

At some point, he also invited a few APC members, including former Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, to commission projects in Rivers State. Good journalism costs a lot of money. “As a party, they went back and supported you. They are saying they will impeach Buhari. They don’t have the balls. They supported you, even when we agreed that ‘Femi’ should not go, Lawan should not go. So I was supporting— it was Rivers State lodge in Abuja, where we plotted ‘you should not go’. We plotted but PDP governors sold me out.

Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has told Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that those he allegedly join to plot a conspiracy ...

Your support means that Daily Trust can keep offering journalism to everyone in the world. Today, we're asking that you support us to do more. Betrayal unfortunately happens to be the order of the day in politics – particularly in Nigeria. So do I feel betrayed? “When it was clear we were going to win, the other side walked out. That is the last thing I would expect him to say,” Gbaja had said on the defunct Straight Talk with Kadaria. “To seat here and say there is no sense of betrayal would be lying.

It was in his 'RingTrue' column of the ThisDay Newspaper of August 6th, 2022. The writer exhibited distasteful notoriety with his recluse to illogical offerings ...

It is in similar vein that the construction of phase one of the Trans-Kalabari road has commenced. These water projects are targeted at improving access to potable water in the respective communities. This had ultimately provided medical education to Rivers children and other Nigerians. Notably, there were separate approval for an automatic employment of all Rivers State indigenes who bagged Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) during the 2018 Convocation Ceremony of the Rivers State University. But, why is the construction of 12 flyovers by Governor Wike a pain to Yemi Adebowale? Without any contradiction, he is particularly averse to appreciating the benefits of these flyovers. These flyovers have contributed significantly to the aesthetics of the Rivers State city capital. The seven out of twelve flyovers already inaugurated have helped to streamline the traffic in Port Harcourt and its environs. Already, a lot of roads connecting and interconnecting several communities across the State are ongoing. On the 15th April, 2016, the State Urban Water Sector reform programme was launched. It only proves that he had not been to Rivers State before or, maybe lately. The drive was predicated on repairing the rot in all sectors that he inherited. The development audacity of Governor Wike has remained all inclusive. Stating it as it is, from inception of his administration on May 29th, 2015, up until now, Governor Wike has been dogged with issues of development . He started off with such urgency and accomplished so much within first few months in office.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has claimed that the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is “destined” to join the All.

I said choke them. Please choke them. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has claimed that the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is “destined” to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Even though the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike met in.

We are committed to the interest of the party and more importantly the interest of Nigerians and we are on course. Your support means that Daily Trust can keep offering journalism to everyone in the world. I also believe the party is happy with him,” adding that anything contrary is in the realm of fake news. But we are hopeful that the differences will be resolved soon,” he said. On the allegations of politicians holding meetings in Abuja against Wike, he said “When you apportion so much right to yourself, then you are superhuman. He said: “How can the National Chairman of the party visit an aspirant a day or two after the primary and hail him for stepping down for the eventual winner and even calling him the hero of the convention, which means he wanted only one person to win. “Like me, I met Atiku first in 1992 in Jos for the SDP campaigns. So, if Austin Opara has to take permission from him today to go and see Atiku, then something is wrong,” he stated. Worried by the development, the Rivers governor responded by striping the politicians of any garb of political paraphernalia in the state. We are waiting to see how he will do it. “We don’t know what he (Wike) is planning to do because when campaigns start, we are qualified to campaign too. How do you expect the other aspirants that lost the contest to feel?

More than two months after the Presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, the controversies that followed the exercise are yet to die down.

In the middle of our campaign, you are highlighting APC and Tinubu above our own candidate”. It is a mission that must be accomplished. He said, ”anybody that is in the political scene, will know that the governor is an integral part of the PDP. “It is clearly evident; the effort that he has made to ensure that the party survives. A mission where you have been specially positioned and favoured to play a major role. Speaking with DAILYPOST Nsirim said, “It is very important to state clearly that Governor Nyesom Wike has not told anybody that he wants the National Chairman of the party to resign, these are insinuations from different quarters”. He said, “I congratulate the Speaker, Right Honourable Ibani and all the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. At the tail end of his speech, the Speaker reiterated his earlier calls by even persuading members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to join Gov. Wike when he makes the move. At the commissioning of legislative quarters in Port Harcourt on Friday, Gov. Wike boasted that he will perform very well in any political party he finds himself in. Again, his perceived closeness to the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu has also given rise to rumours that he may eventually work for the victory of Tinubu against his party’s presidential candidate. The comments of Atiku seemed to have caused more harm than good which led to Gov. Wike’s outburst on his arrival from Spain at the Port Harcourt International Airport where he accused Atiku of telling “lies” during the interview. A dramatic withdrawal of former ally to Wike, Aminu Tambuwal for Atiku Abubakar was believed to have whittled down the chances of the Rivers State governor at the convention.

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, is “destined” to join the APC.

I said choke them. Please choke them. Gbajabiamila said he had to cut short his vacation in the US to attend the unveiling of the quarters “because of who he (Wike) is and what he is to me”.

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has been appointed to lead Atiku Abubakar's reconciliation team, as part of ongoing efforts at resolving the ...

Can he now walk away from all of his investment? Fintiri explained that Wike has made substantial investment in the party to let it all go to waste if he refuses to back Atiku for the 2023 polls. The governor noted that he has been made the chairman of the reconciliation committee set up by Atiku to resolve his feud with Governor Wike.