Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike, says members of the Peoples Democratic Party who left the party before the 2015 general elections do not deserve the party’s ticket.
Wike, who is one of the 17 aspirants seeking the ticket of the opposition party, was particular about those who either defected from the party or formed the New PDP (nPDP) ahead of the 2015 election that ended PDP’s 16-year reign.
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, are among the PDP bigwigs who spearheaded the nPDP movement in 2015. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, also defected to the All Progressives Congress prior to the 2015 general election.
He said such aspirants no longer deserve the ticket of a party they betrayed in the past.
His words: ““Some aspirants caused disunity in the party in 2015, formed the nPDP and sold out the party’s goodwill and electoral opportunities,” Wike said when he met with leaders and delegates of the party in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
“The issue is, who are those who made PDP to lose election in 2015 that today we are suffering? Today, we are in opposition and trying to take power back.
“But see what the country has been turned into. Who are those who told Nigerians that President Buhari is a saint, that President Buhari will salvage Nigeria? What is their sense of judgment? Who are those aspirants who abandoned PDP, betrayed PDP and went to support President Buhari?”
Wike insisted that some PDP presidential aspirants brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power.
He said: “Now we are suffering. People are dying everyday. From January to March in Kaduna, over 1000 people have been killed. So many people have been kidnapped.”
