The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has distanced himself from a viral law suit that was reported to have been filed by him and one other, seeking for the removal of Atiku Abubakar as the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and winner of the 2022 Presidential primary election of the party, .
Governor Wike spoke on Friday, in an exclusive interview with THISDAY, denying ever knowing the Lawyers who filed the suit, nor commissioned them in the first instance.
Recall, that confirmed reports had made the rounds since the early hours of Friday, by the mainstream Media in the country, that Governor Wike and a Chieftain of the PDP, Newgent Ekamon, had dragged the PDP, Atiku, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court, seeking for the removal of Atiku as the Candidate of the PDP in next year’s Presidential election.
According to the purported suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, the Plaintiffs were said to have hinged their claims on the grounds that the PDP primary conferred undue advantage on Atiku, which aided his emergence as the Candidate of the PDP in the May 28 and 29, 2022, Presidential primary election.
Reacting to the viral reports however, Governor Wike said exactly: “I do not know the Lawyers.
“Am I a kid to be filing a suit at this time. I had 14 days within which to file any suit, I did not, then is it two months after I will file a suit?”
Speaking further, he stated: “Just a few days ago, they came up with the claim that I ordered my Chief Security Officer to pull down PDP’s flag in my office.
“This is all propaganda. Some people are trying to use me to win election.”
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