By Myke Uzendu,
Presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gov. Nyesom Wike has dessribes the consensus arrangement embarked upon some Presidential aspirants of the party as fake.
The Rivers State governor made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja during an interaction with members of the National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s headquarters in Abuja.
He said, “I don’t believe in these people going around on consensus. I told them that their consensus move is shine shine bobo, the more you look, the less you see. I say am not going to buy it, It will not work and am not a party to it.
Wike said that any discussion on consensus not propelled by equity, justice and fairness will only spell doom for the party.
The Gov. who wooed the support of the NWC, as automatic delegates, urged them to support his Presidential bid as beneficiaries of the war he waged with the Prince Uche Secondus led administration which culminated in their removal.
“When I was fighting the former NWC, some of you were supporting them. Now all of you are here, one good turn deserves another. So you people should also payback because you didn’t go to campaign, but now am coming to campaign, so payback.
“But please do us the favour to conduct a free and fair election, that will be an advantage for us to win in 2023”.
“I want to please advise you not to make any mistake for people to see that the NWC is trying to favour an aspirant over others. This will destroy the party because as an opposition party, we cannot afford that people will say this election is not credible, this election is not transparent.
“I therefore appeal again that you must not make the mistake of putting people who are obviously supporting me or any of the aspirants on the convention list. If you do that, then some of us will challenge you. So do something that all aspirants will be happy with.
“But if you do anything short of credible and transparent conventional, it will be a shame. After we have done the convention that brought you in then you should do a better convention as members of NWC” Wike pleaded.
He further reminded the party leader that they will be entangled in series of litigation if they fail to conduct a free,fair and transaprent primary election.
“So let us walk together. Don’t say I criticize you, I’ll criticize you. That one, nobody can stop it. If you don’t do the right thing. I will criticise you” .
About 17 candidates has procured the PDP Expression of Interest and Nomination forms.
