“It’s a do or die affair for him” Wike fires at Oshiomole
Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Nyesom Wike, has said that former National Leader of the All Progressives Congress is treating the upcoming Edo State Gubernatorial election as a do or die affair because of his dwindled political fortunes.
The executive Governor of Rivers State, said this at a media briefing in Port Harcourt, on Monday.
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“The best he (Oshiomhole) could do is to lay low and let Ize-Iyamu campaign. You can see that if Ize-Iyamu talks for two minutes, Oshiomhole will talk for 20 minutes because he knows this election will determine whether he will remain in politics or not.
The highly controversial Wike alleged that the former Edo State governor is going to extreme lengths to ensure victory for Pastor Ize Iyamo, the APC Gubernatorial candidate because, having fallen out of favour with the party’s national leadership, ruling Edo State by proxy is his only remaining shot of ensuring relevance within the Nigerian political space.
“So, he takes it as a do-or-die matter. He knows that losing this election, he is completely out. He has been decimated in the APC national leadership. So, the only thing now is to hold Edo to see that anyhow they treat him in Abuja, he has where to fall back to”
“Now Obaseki is winning, Abuja does not want him, Edo does not want him. So, he has nowhere to go to. This third term agenda is trying to run and Edo people must resist him” Wike said.
