Mohammed O. Taoheed reports,
Kola Ologbondiyan, a past media assistant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has debunked the hearsay that Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, will put the party and its presidential flag-bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at risk.
He dismissed the claim on Wednesday when asked about the crisis hitting the PDP, adding that he is sure that Wike would not take steps that would stop Atiku from victory comes 2023.
Ologbondiyan said that Samuel Ortom, the Governor of Benue State and Okezie Ikpeazu, the Governor of Abia State, who have senatorial ambitions, would also be at the back of Atiku.
Ologbondiyan commented that he does not see them aligning with another political party in the forthcoming 2023 general election, adding that Wike is still a member of the party until he decides to join the All Progressives Congress or any other party.
According to him, “I know it and I believe that Governor Nyesom Wike is savvier politically to go and put the life of his political machinery into an arrangement that will stop its candidates from winning elections. I know he will not do a thing like that and I am very confident about that.
“I know it as a fact that Governors Samuel Ortom is contesting for Senate in Benue and the senate and presidential elections come up on the same day and same time.
“I know Governor Ikpeazu has senatorial interest too. So you think that they would sit down as politicians and seed out that out to a party that they don’t have conviction about its performance? That is not the way politicians do their thing and I am sure of that.
“He (Wike) is at liberty to associate with them. It is until Governor Wike picks APC or other political parties’ membership cards then we can conclude he has left the party. Until then, he remains a member of PDP.
“For us in the party, what is important is how we will win the 2023 election. What is important to us as a party is how we will relieve Nigerians from the burden of APC and President Muhammadu Buhari.”
